Gene Libby and Tyler Smith successfully defended an appeal filed by a defendant in a defamation case. The defendant moved to have the case dismissed under the Maine anti-SLAPP statute, 14 M.R.S. § 556. The statute requires that the motion be filed within 60 days of the service of the complaint, and the defendant here… Read more »
Maine Supreme Judicial Court rules that variance granted in 1973 remains effective
Gene Libby and Tyler Smith of Libby O’Brien Kingsley & Champion successfully defended an appeal in a land use case before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in Campbell v. City of South Portland, 2015 ME 125. Our client owns a parcel of land in South Portland. In 1973, a prior owner obtained a dimensional variance allowing… Read more »
Brian Champion and Tyler Smith win dismissal of $3.85 million attachment
In July 2015, Brian Champion and Tyler Smith of Libby O’Brien Kingsley & Champion, LLC won a dismissal of a New Hampshire action on behalf of three of their clients. The plaintiff in the case sought to register a $3.85 million prejudgment attachment from a Maine court in the State of New Hampshire. Attorneys Champion… Read more »
Jury awards client damages after 17 years
Gene Libby and Tyler Smith of Libby O’Brien Kingsley & Champion, LLC recently represented a client attempting to recover damages as a third-party beneficiary to a contract (actually a letter) prepared by the client’s father in 1998. The letter provided that the father’s son and daughter-in-law, as well as another son (the client), would share… Read more »
Libby O’Brien Kingsley & Champion successfully defends against request for substantial attorney fees for corporate client in contract case.
In April 2015, Attorneys Gene Libby and Tara Rich of Libby O’Brien Kingsley & Champion, LLC defended a Montana corporation in a Uniform Commercial Code arbitration brought by a Maine-based manufacturer. Attorneys Libby and Rich prevailed in arguing that the manufacturer’s boilerplate terms and conditions did not apply to the contract between the firm’s client… Read more »