Opinion ID: 2168356
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Heading: haas's appeal

Text: Acting on Haas's motion to dismiss and/or for a summary judgment, the court considered matters outside of the pleadings. Normally, consideration of such matters converts a motion to dismiss into a motion for a summary judgment. M.R.Civ.P. 12(b) & (c); Colby v. York County Comm'rs, 442 A.2d 544, 548 (Me.1982). In this case, however, Haas secured a stay of discovery against him. Accordingly, we review the motion acted on by the court as a motion to dismiss. When reviewing a motion to dismiss, we assume that all of the facts as alleged in the complaint are true. Bowen v. Eastman, 645 A.2d 5, 6 (Me.1994); Sargent v. Sargent, 622 A.2d 721, 723 (Me.1993). The complaint is examined in the light most favorable to the plaintiff to determine whether it alleges the elements of a cause of action or facts entitling the plaintiff to relief on some legal theory. It should not be dismissed unless it is beyond doubt that no relief can be granted under any facts that might be proved to support the plaintiff's claim. Bowen, 645 A.2d at 6 (citations omitted).