TARANTO v. NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH

No. S-6176.

909 P.2d 354 (1996)

Sheila TARANTO d/b/a Tundra Taxi, Appellant, v. NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Stepovich, Fairbanks, for Appellant.

Joseph N. Levesque, Barrow, for Appellee.

Before MOORE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and EASTAUGH, JJ.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Evelyn Donovan prepared and displayed a petition which stated that signatories had knowledge that Sheila Taranto had sold marijuana, cocaine and liquor. Taranto filed a defamation action in the superior court at Barrow against the North Slope Borough. The superior court granted the Borough's motion for summary judgment. We reverse.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

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