Vahlsing Christina Corp. v. Stanley

GLASSMAN, Justice.

Vahlsing Christina Corporation and its president, Frederick H. Vahlsing, Jr., appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, Aroostook County, dismissing the plaintiffs’ complaint. We vacate the judgment and remand for further proceedings.

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The plaintiffs initiated this action in July 1983, asserting that the defendant, Alice Vahlsing Stanley, had distributed and disseminated in Texas, New Jersey, and Maine false statements originally published in a complaint filed in a New Jersey probate court. The plaintiffs contend that the defendant thereby defamed the corporation and its…