Bedard v. Greene

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Promptly after filing his answer in this slander action, defendant Abbott Greene filed a third-party complaint asserting a right of contribution against two persons who had successively repeated to others the defamatory statement allegedly made by Greene. Under Rule 12(b)(6), M.R.Civ.P., the Superior Court without elaboration dismissed defendant Greene’s third-party complaint. Since Greene is charged with having intentionally published a slander and since we adhere to the universal common law rule that contribution.is not available to an intentional tortfeasor, we deny…