PLANTE v. LONG

Docket: Yor-16-538.

170 A.3d 243 (2017)

2017 ME 189

Bruce PLANTE et al. v. Ronald P. LONG.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: September 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene R. Libby, Esq. , and Tyler J. Smith, Esq. (orally), Libby O'Brien Kingsley & Champion, LLC, Kennebunk, for appellants Bruce Plante and Dennis Plante

Jonathan W. Brogan, Esq. (orally), and Joshua D. Hadiaris, Esq. , Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC, Portland, for appellee Ronald P. Long.

Dissent: JABAR, J.


[¶ 1] Bruce and Dennis Plante appeal from the entry of a summary judgment in the Superior Court (York County, Douglas, J.) in favor of Ronald P. Long on their defamation action. The court concluded that the Plantes failed to make the necessary prima facie showing that Long acted with actual malice. We affirm the judgment....

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