HODGINS KENNELS, INC. v. DURBIN

Docket Nos. 84353, 84366.

170 Mich. App. 474 (1988)

429 N.W.2d 189

HODGINS KENNELS, INC. v. DURBIN

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided August 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levin, Levin, Garvett & Dill (by Nancy L. Kahn and Jeffrey A. Heldt), for plaintiffs.

Sullivan, Ward, Bone, Tyler, Fiott & Asher (by Michael J. Walter), for defendant Durbin.

American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (by I.W. Winsten and Howard Yale Lederman), for defendant Blight.

Amicus Curiae:

Animal Legal Defense Fund (by David S. Favre), for Animal Legal Defense Fund, Michigan Humane Society, Michigan Federation of Humane Societies, Humane Society of The United States, Animal Protection Institute of America, Fund for Animals, Inc., and International Primate Protection League.

Before: BEASLEY, P.J., and DOCTOROFF and C.W. SIMON, JR., JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendants appeal as of right from a jury verdict of $233,700 in favor of plaintiffs on their claims of defamation, tortious interference with business relations, and conspiracy to defame and to tortiously interfere. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Plaintiffs are state and federally licensed dealers who receive or purchase unwanted animals from municipal and county dog pounds, specifically Garden City and Monroe and Livingston Counties....

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