CARROLL v. CITY OF PORTLAND


736 A.2d 279 (1999)

1999 ME 131

Charles CARROLL v. CITY OF PORTLAND et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. MacColl (orally), Thompson, Bull, Furey, Bass & MacColl, LLC, P.A., Portland, for plaintiff.

Mark V. Franco (orally), Elizabeth Knox Peck, Thompson & Bowie, Portland, for Town of Scarborough & Giacomantonio, defendants.

City of Portland and Time Warner Cable of Maine did not file briefs.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and RUDMAN, DANA, ALEXANDER, and CALKINS, JJ.


RUDMAN, J.

[¶ 1] Charles Carroll appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Cole, J.) in favor of Scarborough Police Officer Joseph Giacomantonio on Carroll's defamation claim. Carroll contends that the court erred in concluding that: (1) no genuine dispute of material fact existed; and (2) Giacomantonio was immune from liability under the Maine Tort Claims Act ("MTCA"), 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 8101-8118 (1980 &...

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