Opinion ID: 2330376
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Small and Cunningham's Claims for Lost Business and Profits

Text: [¶ 17] The separate claim made by Small and Cunningham for damages stemming from lost business and profits is also without merit. The loss of business and of profits from their comic book store flows from the loss of their property, the inventory. They have advanced no credible claim for any other loss for which Durango and Turner Barker, as landlord, are liable. In the summary judgment proceedings, Small and Cunningham cannot rely solely on the allegations in their complaint. See Estate of Althenn v. Althenn, 609 A.2d 711, 714 (Me.1992). Because they would have the burden of proof at trial, they were required to produce evidence sufficient to resist a motion for a directed verdict if [they] produced at trial nothing more than was before the court on the motion for summary judgment. Id. Small and Cunningham failed to produce any evidence of lost profits that did not flow from the loss of the business's personal property, for which they had assumed responsibility. Accordingly, the Superior Court correctly concluded that they have no separate claim for lost business or profits. The entry is: Judgment affirmed.