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The dismissal of a legal malpractice case was affirmed by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

 Paul Beaudry, individually and purportedly on behalf of Northern Maine Transport, LLC (NMT) appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Wheeler, J.) granting summary judgment to Alan Harding and Hardings Law Offices. The court concluded that Beaudry lacks the legal capacity to bring suit on behalf of an administratively dissolved LLC or derivatively and that Beaudry has no individual claim because he suffered no personal harm. Beaudry argues that Maine’s Limited Liability Company Act specifically authorizes administratively dissolved LLCs to prosecute claims and that justice requires us to treat his derivative claim as a direct claim. Because we agree with the Superior Court that Maine law does not permit Beaudry to proceedon behalf of NMT under these circumstances, through a derivative action or individually, we affirm the judgment.

(Mike Frisch)