Lorraine MacDonald & a. v. Lisa Jacobs

The defendant, Lisa Jacobs, appeals both a jury verdict in the Superior Court ( Ruoff , J.) for the plaintiffs, Lorraine and Peter MacDonald, on their defamation claim, and a permanent injunction issued by the trial court. We affirm.

The record supports the following facts. The defendant seasonally resides in Fitzwilliam. According to the plaintiffs, in 2012 they purchased a vacation home that abuts or is near the defendant's family's property. Thereafter, the defendant began letter-writing campaigns in which she falsely accused the plaintiffs of, among other things, a variety of illegal…