Camden National Bank v. Ilene F. Weintraub

[¶ 1] Camden National Bank appeals from the Superior Court’s (Knox County, Billings, J.) denial of its special motion to dismiss llene Weintraub’s counterclaim for intentional infliction of emotional distress. See 14 M.R.S. § 556 (2015). On appeal, the Bank contends that the court erred in determining that section 556, Maine’s “anti-SLAPP” 1 statute, prohibits selective dismissal of claims and in concluding that Weintraub met her burden of demonstrating a prima facie case of actual, injury and causation. We clarify that the anti-SLAPP statute allows for dismissal of some but not all claims in…