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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 6233

Citation
§ 6233
Parent Document
Sweet v. Roy, 801 A.2d 694 (2002)
Jurisdiction
Vermont (state)
Effective Date
2002-04-26

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A major difficulty with defendants’ argument is that they did not show the allegedly defamatory statements with any specificity and never, prior to their post-trial motion, tried to differentiate among the members of the Roy family. Although they raised an issue in the motion, they adopted a different theory from that raised here. They argued that the jury was never instructed to consider the slander claim in light of the fact that it found that Marcien Roy did not personally commit the vandalism and claimed “Marcien Roy is entitled to consideration by the jury of his claim against plaintiff for slander.”