Legal Opinion
Indiana Department of Correction v. Stagg
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided July 18, 1990No. 67A04-8905-CV-206PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee Paulette Stagg, an attorney, represented a prisoner at the State Farm. After her representation was ended, she received from the prisoner a copy of a Department of Correction memorandum regarding her prison visitations which stated she was alleged to be romantically involved with the prisoner. The letter was opened by her law partner. Stagg sued defendants-appellants Indiana Department of Correction and its employees Keith Butts and John Nunn in a small claims action alleging the memorandum was defamatory and caused her embarrassment and humiliation.…
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