Legal Opinion
Caron v. Bangor Publishing Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 17, 1984PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOLNIK, Justice.
The plaintiff, Clinton Caron, appeals from a summary judgment of the Superior Court (Kennebec County) for the defendant, Bangor Publishing Company, publisher of the Bangor Daily News. The plaintiff maintains that it was error to conclude that the allegedly defamatory material published by the defendant was a statement of opinion and therefore not actionable. He also argues that the affidavits submitted by the defendant in support of its motion for summary judgment were defective. We deny the appeal and affirm the judgment.
The plaintiff, a veteran Waterville police sergeant,…
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