Warren v. Nolan

GLASSMAN, Justice.

Ira Warren appeals from the summary judgment entered by the Superior Court, Knox County, in favor of the defendants James Nolan and Lyndon Abbott on the ground that Warren had not complied with the notice provisions of the Maine Tort Claims Act, 14 M.R.S.A. § 8107 (1980).1 *1135Because we agree with Warren that the record reveals a genuine issue of material fact, we vacate the summary judgment.

In his complaint, Warren identified the defendants as Maine State Police officers, but did not allege that the officers made the claimed defamatory statements in the scope of their…