HILL v. TOWN OF LUBEC


609 A.2d 699 (1992)

Shannon R. HILL, et al. v. TOWN OF LUBEC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Silsby, Jr., Silsby & Silsby and Rose Giosia (orally), Ellsworth, for plaintiffs.

Daniel Lacasse (orally), Brown, Tibbetts, Churchill and Lacasse, Calais, for defendant.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and COLLINS, JJ.


COLLINS, Justice.

Plaintiffs Shannon Hill and her parents Winslow and Anne Newman appeal a judgment of the Superior Court (Washington County, Alexander, J.) granting a judgment notwithstanding the verdict in favor of the Town of Lubec in plaintiffs' libel action against the Town. The court held that the Town's insurance did not cover the plaintiffs' claim and that the Town was thereby immune from suit under the Maine Tort Claims Act. Because that finding of...

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