Gleason v. Smolinski

Opinion

SHELDON, J.

The defendants Janice Smolinski and Paula Bell 1 appeal from the trial court’s judgment in favor of the plaintiff Madeleine Gleason 2 on her claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation arising from the defendants’ conduct following the disappearance in 2004 of Bill Smolinski, who is Janice Smolinski’s son and Bell’s brother. The defendants make six arguments as to why the judgment of the court should be reversed: (1) the court erred in failing to bar the plaintiffs claims under the first amendment to the United States constitution; (2) the trial…