Dr. Neal Fisher sued Presbyterian Hospital on defamation and breach of contract theories claiming that the defendant for accusing him of abusing alcohol and drugs, and making false accusations about his administrative and medical abilities after he voiced concerns about the hospital's business practices. Dr. Neal Fisher was a shareholder in Dallas-based Pinnacle Anesthesia Consultants... More...   $6300000 (04-10-2007 - TX)

[1] Christopher L. Halco appeals from the dismissal of his complaint against Daniel G. Davey, Anne Beebe-Center, and Knox County entered in the Superior Court (Knox County, Wheeler, J.). Halco argues that the court erred in concluding that he had failed to state a claim for breach of contract, false light invasion of privacy, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, or pun... More...   $0 (04-03-2007 - ME)

Vince DiMarco appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Inc. DiMarco brought suit against Presbyterian under 31 U.S.C. � 3730(h) of the Federal False Claims Act, alleging that Presbyterian retaliated against him for reporting its fraudulent activities. Specifically, DiMarco claimed that Presbyterian provided misleading, defamatory, an... More...   $0 (04-03-2007 - NM)

Attalla Police Chief Joe Hereford, Deputy Chief Larry Howard and officers Teddie Cox, Myrna Baker, Steve Grant, Stephen Hill and Superintendent of Public Works Randall Wood sued Attalla Coalition, founder Harvey Martin and David Whitten, Peggy Whitten and Paulette Bowen on a defamation theory claiming that a a 2004 videotape that included commentary about ballot shredding defamed them. The Sept... More...   $1001 (03-31-2007 - AL)

Damian Sinclair and Susan Wintermute, former directors of Sinclair National Bank ("SNB"), brought breach of contract claims and tort claims against their insurer, Kansas Bankers Surety Company ("KBS"), arguing that KBS wrongfully refused to indemnify and defend them under a Directors, Officers and Employees Indemnity and Bank Lender Liability Policy DL 1859 AR ("D&O Policy"). The district c... More...   $0 (03-07-2007 - MO)

Dr. Krell denied that she had an affai... More...   $0 (02-23-2007 - CA)

Dr. Krell denied that she had an affai... More...   $0 (02-23-2007 - CA)

Peter Grant and Grant Forest Products Inc. sued Toronto Star on a defamation theory claiming that the newspaper libeled him when it published an article about his plans to expand his personal golf course. Plaintiffs claimed that the Toronto Star abused its power implying that Grant was exploiting his ties to the then-Mike Harris provincial government to try to manipulate the approval proc... More...   $400000 (02-09-2007 - ON)

This is an appeal from an order denying a special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP statute.1 (Subsequent statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure.) Almost 10 months after an initial motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute was denied, the defendant filed a motion for reconsideration pursuant to section 1008, subdivision (b),... More...   $0 (01-31-2007 - CA)

We examine in this case the extent to which G.L. c. 231, § 59H, popularly known as the "anti-SLAPP" [FN2] statute, effectively shields one party in an ongoing legal dispute from liability for the publication of allegedly defamatory statements concerning the opposing party. The Cadle Company (Cadle) filed a multi-count complaint in the Superior court seeking damages and declaratory and injunctiv... More...   $0 (01-29-2007 - MA)

For the second time in this defamation action, the plaintiff, Paula Kevorkian (Kevorkian or plaintiff), appeals from the Superior Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Judith Glass (Glass or defendant).1 In Kevorkian v. Glass, 774 A.2d 22 (R.I. 2001) (Kevorkian I), this Court reversed the judgment of the Superior Court on the grounds that the motion justice erred when... More...   $0 (01-29-2007 - RI)

A.R., by her next friends M.R. and W.R., and M.R. and W.R., on their own behalf (collectively "A.R."), have appealed from the order of the Fayette Circuit Court entered on July 22, 2004, which dismissed all claims against the appellees, the Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS), the Board of Education of Fayette County (the Board), Michael Brady, and Earl Stivers.3 Having concluded that the... More...   $0 (01-20-2007 - KY)

Technology Integration Group, Cliff Butler, Dallas Shaw, and Lyle Voorheis sued Access Microsystems and Paul Rajewski on defamation and tortious business interference theories. Plaintiffs left Access Mircrosystems to set up TIG. The claimed that Rajewski engaged in what the plaintiffs claimed were several acts of defamation against them, which included telling the customer that Voorheis had ... More...   $2380000 (12-22-2006 - UT)

The station and its news director defended themselves by pointed to evidence that showed police considered Valadez a suspect i... More...   $1100000 (11-29-2006 - KS)

In the Communications Decency Act of 1996, Congress declared: "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." (47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(1).)1 "No cause of action may be brought and no liability may be imposed under any State or local law that is inconsistent with this section... More...   $0 (11-21-2006 - CA)

Robert R. Thomas sued The Kane County Chronicle on a defamation theory claiming that a newspaper columnist for the paper falsely wrote in 2003 that Thomas, the chief justice of the Illinois State Supreme Court, had traded his vote for a political favor, and had acted with malice. He claimed that the reporter, Bill Page, had essentially accused him of official misconduct, a felony, w... More...   $7000000 (11-15-2006 - IL)

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding the plaintiff damages for an alleged invasion of his privacy. We conclude that the action is barred by the statute of limitations and therefore we reverse. The plaintiff claimed that the defendants invaded his privacy by publishing facts that portrayed him in a false light. Because this claim was not distinguishable in any material respect from a l... More...   $0 (10-21-2006 - FL)

Susan Scheff and Parents Universal Experts, Inc. sued Carey Bock on a defamation theory for the posting of defamatory statements about them on an Internet bulletin board viewed by parents of trouble teens. Brock sought the help of Scheff and Parents Universal for help in finding an educational consultant who could get her sons out of a school affiliated with the Utah-based World Wide As... More...   $11300000 (10-06-2006 - FL)

Defendants denied that they defamed Plaintiff.... More...   $0 (09-28-2006 - MA)

James Kearney, a private investigator, brought this civil claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961­68, against thirty-four individual defendants, a law firm, and a non-profit corporation (collectively, "Defendants"). The district court granted motions by all Defendants to dismiss for failure to state a claim, but denied a motion by one Defen... More...   $0 (08-31-2006 - CO)

On February 25, 2002, appellant and his wife, Ava Robinson1, filed a complaint in federal district court against the City of Oakland (City), its police department, police chief, city manager and unnamed police officers, designated as Does 1-100. The complaint alleged causes of action for violation of civil rights (42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983), false arrest and imprisonment, battery, trespass to... More...   $0 (08-31-2006 - CA)

Psychology Professor Anita B. Brown sued Hampton University, its board of trustees, president William R. Harvey, and then-provost and acting university president JoAnn W. Haysbert on defamation and breach of contract theories. Brown claimed that she was denigrated at the May 2003 commencement ceremony at the University by Professor Erenestine Harrison who distributed fliers at the ... More...   $3500000 (08-12-2006 - VA)

This appeal, which follows on the heels of a substantial verdict in a defamation suit, is a paradigmatic example ... More...   $0 (08-05-2006 - MA)

[1] School administrators Mark Keegan and John Tourtilotte[1] appeal from the denial of their motion for summary judgment by the Superior Court (Lincoln County, Marden, J.). They argue that the court should have entered a summary judgment in their favor because they are immune from tort liability pursuant to the Maine Tort Claims Act (MTCA), 14 M.R.S. §§ 8101-8118 (2005). We conclude that th... More...   $0 (07-28-2006 - ME)

Denna Shaw appeals the summary judgment granted in favor of Scott Palmer and Scott Palmer, P.C. In a single issue, appellant contends the trial court erred by granting summary judgment on her oral contract claim because (1) there are material issues of fact precluding summary judgment; (2) appellees failed to conclusively establish the contract violated the statute of frauds; and (3) she pres... More...   $0 (07-01-2006 - TX)