Thurlow v. Nelson

Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Citation: 2021 ME 58

Opinion Date: November 23, 2021

Judge: Joseph Jabar

Areas of Law: Personal Injury

The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the order entered in the superior court in favor of Defendants granting Defendants’ special motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s defamation claim pursuant to Maine’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) statute, Me. Rev. Stat. 14, 556, holding that the special motion to dismiss must be denied.

Plaintiff filed this defamation claim relating to a letter that Defendants sent to school officials. Defendants filed a special motion to dismiss under the anti-SLAPP statute. The trial court granted the motion. T

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Originally published at https://freewaylaw.com on December 2, 2021.