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BEDARD v. GREENE

409 A.2d 676 (1979)

Linda A. BEDARD v. Abbott O. GREENE v. Charles PETERSON, Jr., et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

December 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Markos & Roy, James L. Markos, Jr. (orally), Ellsworth, for Linda A. Bedard.

Anderson & Norton, Peter Adams Anderson (orally), Bangor, for Abbott O. Greene.

Frederick B. Stocking (orally), Gerald A. Smith, Machias, for Charles Peterson.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, GODFREY, NICHOLS and GLASSMAN, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Promptly after filing his answer in this slander action, defendant Abbott Greene filed a third-party complaint asserting a right of contribution against two persons who had successively repeated to others the defamatory statement allegedly made by Greene. Under Rule 12(b)(6), M.R.Civ.P., the Superior Court without elaboration dismissed defendant Greene's third-party complaint. Since Greene is charged...

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