10 results for 'cat:"Tort" AND cat:"Defamation"'.
J. Kendall denies the suing refurbished electronics dealer’s motion for sanctions and an injunction against the refurbished electronics shop it is suing. The suing dealer accused the other shop of filing false complaints about its products so as to disrupt its business, but the court finds the suing dealer has not provided sufficient evidence to back up those claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kendall, Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv6258, NOS: Assault, Libel, & Slander - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: tort, defamation, Interference With Contract
J. Blakey grants an asset management firm and its executives’ motions to dismiss counterclaims brought against them by one of the firm’s former managers. The asset management firm sued the former manager for breach of contract, fraud and trade secret misappropriation over his alleged lies to clients and intentional sabotage of business relationships. The former manager shot back with counterclaims of defamation, tortious interference and breach of fiduciary duty, but the court finds he has not sufficiently alleged any of these claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv4269, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: tort, defamation, Interference With Contract
J. Scott grants a teen cheerleader’s father’s motion to dismiss in this nuanced defamation suit wherein the mother of a squad member of his daughter’s harassed his daughter by sending anonymous text messages to the cheerleading gym’s owner, alleging the teenager was vaping, drinking and posting revealing pictures online. The mother failed to state a claim for defamation by saying she was falsely accused in the media by the father of creating deepfakes of the girl.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Scott, Filed On: March 14, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv147, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: tort, Immunity, defamation
J. Wise finds that a new trial is necessary for a widow's claims stemming from the depiction of her dead husband in the TV show "Ghostly Encounters." The widow provided enough evidence for a jury to find that the show improperly alleged that the husband had sexually abused boys without attempting to verify that information or to include any disclaimers that the show was only for entertainment and should not be taken at face value. However, there was not enough evidence to support the widow's defamation claim. Because it cannot be assumed "that the verdict was based only on [the widow's] claims that were properly submitted to the jury," the entire verdict must be reversed. A new trial is ordered for the widow's invasion of privacy and tort of outrage claims. Reversed.
Court: Alabama Supreme Court, Judge: Wise, Filed On: March 8, 2024, Case #: SC-2023-0132, Categories: tort, defamation, Privacy
J. Urbanski denies the competitor's motion to dismiss a defamation suit. The company provides electronic pull tabs for regulated charitable gaming market and demonstrated that the competitor's comment to a potential client accusing the company of being involved in a severe state investigation could be perceived as making a statement of fact.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Virginia, Judge: Urbanski , Filed On: December 28, 2023, Case #: 7:23cv321, NOS: Assault, Libel, & Slander - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: tort, defamation, Interference With Contract
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Per curiam, the appellate division finds that the lower court properly granted the journalist's motion to dismiss a defamation suit stemming from his article published on ProPublica entitled "The Bizarre Fall of the CEO of Coach and Kate Spade's Parent Company" detailing the CEO's sexual predilections. The article primarily addressed a matter of public interest - the reasons why a well-known business executive and former nominee to a United Nations post abruptly resigned from his position. Affirmed.
Court: New York Appellate Divisions, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: October 31, 2023, Case #: 05484, Categories: tort, defamation
J. Thacker finds the lower court did not abuse its discretion when denying the male's motion to proceed using a pseudonym. The male claims the female lied about being sexually assaulted out of jealousy for him sleeping with another woman. He has to use his real name because if he were successful in proving defamation, his use of a pseudonym would prevent him from having an order that publicly clears him. Affirmed.
Court: 4th Circuit, Judge: Thacker, Filed On: October 26, 2023, Case #: 23-1058, Categories: tort, defamation, Assault
J. Kaplan dismisses former President Trump's defamation counterclaim against writer Jean Carroll for allegedly disregarding the jury's finding that Trump did not rape her in statements made out loud in the courtroom following the jury verdict. New York law does not consider forcible digital penetration to be "rape," but many state laws do and it constitutes "rape" in common modern parlance, including in some dictionary definitions. Therefore, Trump fails to state a claim for defamation because he cannot plausibly allege Ms. Carroll's statements were untrue.
Court: USDC Southern District of New York, Judge: Kaplan, Filed On: August 7, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv7311, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: tort, defamation