Legal Opinion
Berard v. McKinnis
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 11, 1997PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Justice.
[¶ 1] Daniel McKinnis and China Rescue, Inc., defendants in a defamation suit filed against them by Janet Berard, appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Alexander, J.) denying their motion for a summary judgment. 1 On appeal, they contend that they are immune under the provisions of the Maine Tort Claims Act, 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 8101-8118 (1980 and Supp.1996). We agree and vacate the judgment.
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[¶ 2] On January 29, 1993, Janet Berard, a member of China Rescue, Inc., a volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) organization, was in her private vehicle with…
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