Legal Opinion
Dana Desjardins v. Michael Reynolds
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 18, 2017No. Docket: Cum-15-365PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Majority: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, HJELM, and HUMPHREY, JJ.
Dissent: JABAR, J.
GORMAN, J.
[¶ 1] Dana Desjardins appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Warren, J.) dismissing his complaint against Michael Reynolds for defamation and false light invasion of privacy. Desjardins contends that the court erred by concluding that his complaint was barred by application of Maine’s anti-SLAPP (“Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation”) statute, 14 M.R.S. § 556 (2016). We affirm the judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] In August of 2013, Desjardins, a town…
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