Katheine Fratello v. Russell A. Mann

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2025 ME 54

Docket: Cum-24-378 Argued: May 8, 2025 Decided: June 26, 2025 Panel: STANFILL, C.J., and MEAD, HORTON, LAWRENCE, and DOUGLAS, JJ. KATHERINE FRATELLO v. RUSSELL A. MANN LAWRENCE, J. [¶1] Katherine Fratello appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Lipez, J.) denying her special motion to dismiss pursuant to Maine’s anti-SLAPP statute, 14 M.R.S. § 556 (2024), a counterclaim by Russell A. Mann.1 Because we determine that Mann’s counterclaim was not based on petitioning activity protected under 14 M.R.S. §…