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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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Even if defendants have preserved their claim, we conclude that they have not shown reversible error. If they believed, as they currently argue, that plaintiffs statements were defamatory. as a matter of law, they were obligated to obtain a ruling to that effect at the close of the evidence. Instead, the issue was submitted to the jury “because the connotation of the ... spoken words was ambiguous.” Lent v. Huntoon,