Phillips Inc. v. Maume

—Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs, in accordance with the following Memorandum: Plaintiffs, a construction company and its president, sued defendants, the Monroe County Water Authority (Authority) and John Maume, its manager of design and construction, based on memoranda Maume wrote in connection with plaintiffs’ past performance on various Authority projects. Plaintiffs alleged that the memoranda and attachments contained false and defamatory statements and resulted in the Authority awarding two contracts to other contractors even though plaintiffs…