ELSTROM v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. NO. 270

No. C3-94-2626.

533 N.W.2d 51 (1995)

Martha ELSTROM, Appellant, v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 270, Hopkins, Minnesota, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied July 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Sortland, Sortland Law Office, Minneapolis, for appellant.

William J. Egan, Amy K. Adams, Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by LANSING, P.J., and SCHUMACHER and PETERSON, JJ.


OPINION

SCHUMACHER, Judge.

Appellant Martha Elstrom challenges summary judgment on her claims for defamation and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The district court found that qualified privilege protected two of the allegedly defamatory documents, and that Elstrom was a public official and her failure to show actual malice precluded recovery on the remaining document. The court also found that Elstrom did not allege facts establishing...

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