Legal Opinion
Business Publication, Inc. v. Stephen
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided August 14, 1995No. 94-157PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
The sole question presented in this appeal is whether the Superior Court (Sullivan, J.) properly declined to award attorney’s fees to the defendants, Robert Stephen and James Finnegan. The plaintiff, Business Publications, Inc., brought an abuse of process claim after the defendants brought an action against the plaintiff for libel. The superior court dismissed the abuse of process claim but denied the defendants’ motion for attorney’s fees. We reverse and remand.
In April 1993, the plaintiff published an article in which the defendants were allegedto have “spent the better part of a fortnight…
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