MICHAUD v. INHAB. OF TOWN OF LIVERMORE FALLS


381 A.2d 1110 (1978)

Richard W. MICHAUD v. INHABITANTS OF the TOWN OF LIVERMORE FALLS and M. Gaylord Boutilier.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

January 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith & Stein by Gordon E. Stein (orally), Hallowell, for plaintiff.

Locke, Campbell & Chapman by Frank G. Chapman (orally), Augusta, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and POMEROY, WERNICK and GODFREY, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, Richard W. Michaud, at that time Director of the State Bureau of Maine's Elderly, brought this single libel action against the Town of Livermore Falls and its Town Manager, M. Gaylord Boutilier, and the Town of Jay and the Chairman of its Board of Selectmen, Douglas J. Wiggins. Michaud grounded his libel suit upon letters written by Boutilier and Wiggins to Governor Longley complaining about Michaud's alleged conduct at a public...

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