Bertsch v. Duemeland

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Lee Bertsch and Bertsch Construction, Inc., appealed a summary judgment dismissing their action against George Duemeland and Duemeland Realty, LLC, for defamation, tortious interference with a business relationship, and misappropriation of trade secrets. Duemeland cross-appealed from the denial of attorney fees. We conclude Bertsch raised genuine issues of material fact about his defamation claim, but he failed to raise genuine issues of material fact about his other claims. We further conclude the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Duemeland attorney…