Legal Opinion
Ramirez v. Rogers
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 26, 1988PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
Rae Rogers, the defendant in this slander action tried before a jury in the Superi- or Court, Penobscot County, appeals from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Vickie Daigle Ramirez. Rogers contends that 1) the trial court erred in placing the burden of proof; 2) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict; 3) the award of punitive damages was error; and 4) the award of compensatory damages was excessive. Because Rogers’ contentions are without merit, we affirm the judgment.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
In the fall of 1982, Ramirez, who ran a gymnastic school in Bangor,…
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