Defamation Law
 
Robert Carbone v. Wulf Kaal, et al.

Columbus, Ohio personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a defamation claim.


Robert Carbone, who lives in Connecticut, sued two Swiss organizations and several individuals who live in California, Illinois, and Switzerland for defamation and other tortious conduct. Carbone was a member of the two Swiss organizations. He claims that the defendants used websites to publish de... More...
   $0 (06-26-2025 - OH)

Cheryl Butler v. Jennifer M. Collins, et al.

Dallas, Texas employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights job discrimination claim.

Southern Methodist University (“SMU”) previously employed Plaintiff-Appellant Cheryl Butler as a non-tenured law professor at the SMU Dedman School of Law. After being denied tenure in 2016 and leaving the law school in 2017, Butler sued SMU and a number of its administrators and... More...
   $0 (06-25-2025 - TX)

Eric Coomer v. Mike Lindell, My Pillow, Inc. and Frankspeech, LLC

Denver, Colorado personal injury lawyers represented the parties in a defamation case.

Eric Coomer sued Mike Lindell claiming that Lindell defamed him in statements made by him regarding the 2020 Presidential election.

"Lindell is among the chorus of conservative media fixtures who, in the months and years after the 2020 election, repeated the false claim that Coomer and Dominion... More...
   $2400000 (06-18-2025 - CO)

Andrew Pampu v. Erin Wingo, David Wingo, and Colin J. Gahagan

Pickens, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory.

The genesis of this troubling litigation is a night of drunkenness at a college fraternity party on October 24, 2015. Prior to attending this party, Ms. Wingo, a 5'2" Clemson freshman weighing between 114 and 118 pounds, consumed approximately nine 1.5-ounce shots of alcohol at a fri... More...
   $0 (06-13-2025 - SC)

John P. Middleton v. The Hollywood Reports, LLC, Gary Baum, and Roy Lee

Miami, Florida personal injury lawyers represented the parties in a defamation case.

This defamation action stems from a soured professional and personal relationship between John P. Middleton and Roy Lee.
That relationship began and ended in California, and much of the subsequent fallout between the two men also took place there. Mr. Middleton sued Mr. Lee in California superior cour... More...
   $0 (06-10-2025 - FL)

United States of America v. Edward Arthur Owens Jr.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making Antisemitic Threat to Injure Local Public Official

Elizabeth Man Charged with Making Antisemitic Threat to Injure Local Public Official


Edward ... More...
   $0 (05-30-2025 - PA)

William R. Partin v. Baptist Healthcare System, Inc. d/b/a Baptist Health Floyd and Daniel j. Eichenberger, M.C.

Indianapolis, Indiana civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act violation theory.

When Baptist Healthcare System, Inc., decided it no longer desired Dr. William Partin’s services, he resigned and filed this lawsuit, alleging that Baptist and its President, Dr. Daniel Eichenberger, retaliated against him in violation of the Emerge... More...
   $0 (04-27-2025 - IN)

Sarah Palin v. New York Times

New York, New York personal injury lawyers represented the parties in a defamation case.

Former governor of Alaska and candidate for Vice President of the United States sued the New York Times on a libel claiming the paper published an editorial in 2017 that linked her to political violence.

The paper admitted that it made an error an promptly corrected the error.

The Ne... More...
   $0 (04-22-2025 - NY)

Tera B. Lau v. Adewale Olude

DeLand, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on defamation, fraud, fraudulent billing, unjust enrichment, and abuse of process theories.

Tera Lau sued Adewale Olude, the process server her husband had used in connection with the couple's family-law dispute. In her complaint, Lau asserted causes of action for defamation, fraud, fraudulent billing... More...
   $0 (03-07-2025 - FL)

Craig Stevenson, et al. v. Sean Stevenson, et al.

Fergus Falls, Minnesota, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on defamation per se, intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), and civil conspiracy theories.

In 2020, appellants Craig and Marie Stevenson brought claims of defamation per se, intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), and civil conspiracy against respondents Sean Stevenson, Renee Stevenson, L... More...
   $0 (02-03-2025 - MN)

Angela Davis v. Donvaugh R. Holland, et al.

Davis brought this action against defendants, including the Hollands, Darius Williams, and Natalie Whittingham-Burrell, for statements about her and her brand identity as a social media influencer.[2] In July 2021, various news outlets published interviews with Davis and, according to Davis, Williams then shared her personal information on social media and encouraged people to direct harmful, thre... More...   $0 (01-17-2025 - MI)

E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump

New York, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory.

After a nine-day trial, a jury found that plaintiff-appellee E. Jean Carroll was sexually abused by defendant-appellant Donald J. Trump at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in 1996. The jury also
found that Mr. Trump defamed her in statements he made in 2022. The jury ... More...
   $0 (12-31-2024 - NY)

Kolette Smith v. Brian Williams, Labetter County Medical Center, d/b/a Labette Health

Wichita, Kansas employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.

This case stems from the termination of the independent contractor
relationship between Plaintiff-Appellant, Dr. Kolette Smith, and Defendants-
Appellees, Brian Williams and Labette County Medical Center (“Labette Health”)
(collectively “Defendants”). Dr. Smith appeals from the district court’s grant of... More...
   $0 (12-18-2024 - KS)

Michael Robinson, et al. v. V.D.


New London, Connecticut personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on defamation, invastion of privacy by false light, statutory and common-law vexatious litigation, and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

The civil action filed by the plaintiffs, Michael Robinson and Mary Robinson, seeks compensatory damages and injunctive relief for defam... More...
   $0 (11-26-2024 - CT)

Kedalo Construction, LLC, et al. v. Linda Duygul Ward, et al.


Clarksville, Tennessee personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a defamation case.



Ms. Ward hired Kedalo Construction LLC ("Kedalo") to renovate her store. She claimed that the work was not completed or was not done properly. After Kedalo attempted to remedy the situation, Ms. Ward was still not satisfied. Kedalo then said she was not their problem anymore. M... More...
   $0 (11-26-2024 - TN)

Jesus "Jesse" Fonseca v. WalMart

San Bernardino, California employment lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory claiminng that he was falsely accused of fraud before firing him while he was on medical leave.

Jesus “Jesse” Fonseca worked as a truck driver for Walmart’s Apple Valley Distribution Center for 14 years before he was hurt on the job when another vehicle rear-ended his truck on a hi... More...
   $0 (11-22-2024 - CA)

Judy Faulkner v. Bryan C. Fagan, M.D.

Tupelo, Mississippi personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff.


defendant surgeon, Dr. Bryan C. Fagan, called the plaintiff, Judy Faulkner, a "f*****g c**t." Faulkner at the time worked as a surgical scheduler at the same surgical center. He uttered the vulgarity in the presence of several operating room personnel, but Faulkner was not present. Faulkner sued Fagan for defamatio... More...
   $0 (11-14-2024 - MS)

Project Veritas v. Cable New Network, Inc.


Atlanta, Georgia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory.


On February 11, 2021, Twitter1 suspended from its platform
Project Veritas (“Veritas”)—an investigative journalistic
organization most well-known for its undercover reporting.
Veritas’s suspension made headlines. On February 15, Ana
Cabrera and Brian St... More...
   $0 (11-07-2024 - GA)

Amie Villarini v. Iowa City Community School Distrct


Marengo, Iowa personal Injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on defamation and wrongful discharged theories.



The Iowa City Community School District has chosen to expand public access to its school board meetings by posting complete video recordings of the meetings online. That decision led to this defamation suit by its former girls tennis coach, Amie Villar... More...
   $0 (10-30-2024 - IA)

Jordan Nissensohn v. Chartercare Home Health Services, a/k/a Roger Williams Medical Center, et al.


Providence, Rhode Island, personal injury intentional infliction of emotional distress lawyer represented the Plaintiff.




The plaintiff, Michael Nissensohn, M.D., began working for UMG as a gastroenterologist in 2003. His employment was governed by a Physician Employment Agreement with UMG. Pursuant to the agreement, plaintiff was "employed on a full-time basis acti... More...
   $0 (10-16-2024 - RI)

Timothy Dewayne Plyler v. Panz Trucking, Inc.


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff.




Oklahoma personal injury law covers a range of accidents that result in physical or nonphysical injuries:

Car, truck, and motorcycle accidents
Slip and fall accidents
Medical malpractice
Defective product injuries
Dog bites
Work... More...
   $1 (10-07-2024 - OK)

Reuben Jelani Adams, et al. v Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government, et al.


Lexington, Kentucky civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs.


This matter is before the Court on the Defendants' motions to dismiss. [R. 13.] The five plaintiffs were football players at the University of Kentucky. [R. 1 at 1.] Months after a houseparty ended in a physical altercation, Detective Cory Vinlove submitted a criminal complaint charging the Plaintiffs with... More...
   $0 (10-04-2024 - KY)

Kathryn A. Mortensen Zimmerman v. Ringgold County, Iowa, et al.


Des Moines, Iowa civil rights job discrimination lawyer represented the Plaintiff claiming sex discrimination.



"Alleged hostile work environment in the county. Zimmerman claimed she was constructively discharged in February 2023. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for sexual discrimination, retaliation, defamation and malicious prosecution. The county and the DCI hav... More...
   $0 (09-27-2024 - ia)

Josh Webber and Muddy Water Pictures, LLC v. Damon Anthony Dash


New York City, New York intellectual property lawyer represented the Plaintiffs.


The jury in this case rendered a unanimous verdict on March 30, 2022 in favor of Plaintiffs Josh Webber (“Webber”) and “Muddy Water Pictures LLC d/b/a Muddy Water Pictures, Inc. (“Muddy”), and against Defendants Damon Anthony Dash (“Dash”) and Poppington LLC d/b/a Dame Dash Studio... More...
   $0 (09-22-2024 - NY)

Paul Hansmeier v. Tobies Enterprises


Pine City, Minnesota civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.


In March 2022, Hansmeier initiated a civil action alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213 (2018 &Supp. IV 2022), and the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Minn. Stat. §§ 363A.01-.50 (2022 &Supp. 2023) against Tobies and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland (t... More...
   $0 (09-16-2024 - MN)

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