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ROCHE v. EGAN

433 A.2d 757 (1981)

Thomas S. ROCHE and Marylou Roche v. Robert W. EGAN, Geraldine A. Egan, Frederick L. Brown, Sandra J. Brown, Frank J. Fulhan, Jr., and Josephine A. Fulhan.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 12, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. LaTorre, orally, Portland, Alton L. Yorke, South Portland, for plaintiffs.

Drummond & Drummond, Horace W. Horton, orally, Portland, for defendants.

Before WERNICK, GODFREY, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.

WERNICK, Justice.

A jury in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) found that defendants Robert and Geraldine Egan, Frederick and Sandra Brown, and Frank and Josephine Fulhan committed a libel against plaintiff Thomas S. Roche, which caused damages to both him and his wife, plaintiff Marylou Roche. Awarding each of them compensatory damages, the jury also awarded punitive damages to plaintiff Thomas Roche. A judgment was entered against each defendant from which that...

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