Legal Opinion
Coastal Abstract Service, Inc. v. First American Title Insurance Company, John M. Hollenbeck
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 23, 1999No. 96-56675PublishedCited by 193 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
The opinion filed December 28, 1998, is hereby withdrawn.
OPINION
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Coastal Abstract Services, Inc. (“Coastal”) sued First American Title Insurance corp. (“First American”) and one of its officers, John Hollenbeck, asserting three theories of liability: defamation, tortious interference with contract, and false advertising under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) (1998). 1 A jury found both de fendants liable under all three theories. Liability under each theory was found to arise largely or entirely from three derogatory statements published by First American or…
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