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STAPLES v. BANGOR HYDRO-ELECTRIC CO.

629 A.2d 601 (1993)

Richard STAPLES v. BANGOR HYDRO-ELECTRIC CO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 3, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Walsh, Jr. (orally), Bangor, for plaintiff.

Bruce C. Mallonee (orally), Rudman & Winchell, Bangor, for defendant.

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

ROBERTS, Justice.

Bangor Hydro-Electric Company appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Beaulieu, J.) in favor of Richard Staples, an employee who claimed he had been slandered by his supervisor within the workplace. We reject Bangor Hydro's contentions that the statements at issue were not defamatory, that the statements were not communicated to a third party, and that Staples failed to present sufficient evidence to offset...

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