HAMPSTEAD – What was supposed to be a night of wedding bliss turned into a nightmare for a bride and groom who are now suing the banquet facility where they say their reception was turned upside-down.

Sans and Marcy Milbury of Danvers, Mass., have filed suit against the company that owns the popular Granite Rose, claiming drunken guests at another wedding party attacked their attendants and vomited all over a restroom shared by the two wedding parties on Sept. 8, 2007.

Police were eventually called in when the confrontation led to a brawl involving up to 100 people in the parking lot.

"Mrs. Milbury's wedding day ended with a parking lot melee that left many patrons scared, some fearing for their lives, and all distraught and disgusted," said the suit against The Kieley Corp., filed Jan. 22 in Rockingham County Superior Court.

The suit claims the banquet facility was liable for the wedding disaster and the emotional distress it caused the bride.

"After over a year of planning for the most important day of her life, she was reduced to tears for 45 minutes on her wedding night . . . The Kieley Corp. should have been reasonably aware that a failure to maintain a reasonably safe environment and to control its premises would result in a destroyed wedding and a distraught bride," the suit said.

Walter Heinrich, president of The Kieley Corp., said he couldn't discuss the details of the case.

"It wouldn't be fair for anybody to comment right now," he said. "There are always two sides to every story."

According to the suit, the Milburys met with a sales manager at the Granite Rose before booking the wedding and expressed concern about the fact that the facility had two reception rooms.

The sales manager told the Milburys that another reception would be held in an adjacent room, but that there would be separate entrances and that neither party would interfere with the other, the suit said.

On the night of their reception, the Milburys claim guests from the other wedding began cutting through their room and disturbing their ceremony.

The suit claims several female guests from the other party, including the bride, were "completely intoxicated" and began vomiting in the common restroom located between the two reception rooms.

The Milburys said they complained to the special event coordinator about the problems, but that nothing was done and alcohol continued to be served to the guests from the other wedding.

By midnight, employees at The Kieley Corp. closed both parties, forcing all of the guests from the two receptions into the parking lot at the same time, resulting in the melee that led to the police response, the suit said.

While he said he believes the Milburys have a good case, their Boston lawyer, J. Mark Dickison, said he expects the facts will be disputed.

"I'm aware from other investigations that there will be allegations that people from both wedding parties were at fault," Dickison said.

The Milburys suffered emotional and financial damages, including the $18,175 it paid to The Kieley Corp. for the reception, the suit said.

The suit seeks unspecified damages for the bride's emotional distress.

"We're not saying that she can't go on with her life, but it was definitely an emotional toll, especially where they're newlyweds now and it's still an important event in their recent history," Dickison said.