Deborah Galarneau sued Merrill Lynch on a defamation theory claiming that Defendant slandered her in a report to the National Association of Securities Dealers after she was fired. She claimed that Merrill Lynch reported that she was fired for inappropriate bond trading and for making decisions on trades that she was not authorized to make. ... More...   $2950000 (06-30-2006 - ME)

{1} This case explores the res judicata and collateral estoppel effects of the dismissal of a federal lawsuit on subsequent state court proceedings. Plaintiff originally sued her former employer, Danka Corporation, Inc., in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico for sex discrimination in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2, 2000e-3 (2000), and in violation... More...   $0 (06-29-2006 - NM)

The plaintiffs, Solaia Technology, LLC (Solaia Technology), the law firm of Niro, Scavone, Haller, & Niro, Ltd. (NSHN), and Raymond Niro, filed a defamation complaint against the defendants, Specialty Publishing Company, Peggy Smedley, John Buell, and John Doe. The circuit court of Cook County dismissed the complaint; the appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part (357 Ill. App. 3d ... More...   $0 (06-28-2006 - IL)

Plaintiff-Appellant World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools ("World Wide") filed suit in federal district court against Defendants-Appellees Jeff Berryman and Sue Scheff, as well as Ms. Scheff's business, Parents Universal Resource Experts, Inc., and its successor, PURE Foundation, Inc., after Mr. Berryman and Ms. Scheff made negative remarks about World Wide on various interne... More...   $0 (06-16-2006 - UT)

During his arrest by Farmington, New Mexico, police officers on December 18, 2002, Jeremy Blouin was shot in the hip when a police handgun discharged. Blouin disappeared in a swimming mishap six months after the incident and is presumed dead. Louren Oliveros, Blouin's personal representative, subsequently sued the City of Farmington and the two police officers based on the shooting. Oliveros cl... More...   $0 (05-19-2006 - NM)

Anthony Law, Vondeste Mole, Mark Holmes, Arthur Vaughan, Harry Jenkins, and Kenneth Green (Appellants) appeal the trial court's grant of summary judgment for South Carolina Department of Corrections (Respondent) on their malicious prosecution claims, the trial court's grant of directed verdict for Respondent on their wrongful termination claims, and the trial court's grant of judgment notwithst... More...   $0 (05-04-2006 - SC)

The claims made and defenses asserted in this defamation (libel) and tortious interference with business cases are not available.... More...   $0 (04-20-2006 - OK)

Park University Enterprises, Inc. (Park University) was sued in a state court class action by JC Hauling Company (JC Hauling) for alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227, a federal statute that bans unsolicited fax advertisements. Park Universitys insurer, American Casualty Company of Reading, Pa. (American), declined to provide any defense or covera... More...   $0 (03-30-2006 - KS)

In this libel per se case, A.J. Morris, M.D. appeals the trial court's order granting a summary judgment for Phillip Osborne, M.D. [ant's brief @ 1] In his sole issue, Dr. Morris argues that the trial court erred in granting the summary judgment because: (1) Dr. Osborne did not prove, as a matter of law, that his statements were opinions, [ant's brief @ 9] (2) extrinsic evidence is not requ... More...   $0 (02-17-2006 - TX)

Cape Wind today announced it has accepted a settlement offer from John Donelan of $15,000 to resolve a defamation lawsuit filed against him for a fraudulent act he committed while Technical and Research Director of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound. The Settlement Agreement followed Judge Allan van Gestel's Order in November, 2005. "This lawsuit sends an important message: Although we we... More...   $15000 (02-14-2006 - MA)

Jodi Zisumbo appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, Inc. ("McLeod"). Zisumbo filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Utah alleging McLeod discriminated against her and subjected her to a hostile work environment based on her pregnancy in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 4... More...   $0 (11-29-2005 - UT)

This interlocutory appeal arises out of a defamation action filed by the plaintiff, Robert R. Thomas, a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, against the defendants, Bill Page; Shaw Suburban Media Group, Inc., a division of Shaw Newspapers, an Illinois corporation, d/b/a the Kane County Chronicle; and Greg Rivara. In the underlying complaint, the plaintiff asserts claims for defamation and fa... More...   $0 (11-02-2005 - IL)

Lawrence DeStefano sued Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corp. d/b/a Healthcare & Subacute Center for defamation. DeStefano took his mother, Carolina, to Florida Hospital Orlando for treatment. She was later transferred to a nursing hime owned by the defendant across the street. He claimed that the nursing staff failed to dress a wound on his mother's right heel. He further claimed ... More...   $1500000 (10-29-2005 - FL)

John Wiggins sued the Wilson Millard and others including the Brewton Newspapers for defamation based on the publication of the August 9, 2000, issue of the Standard. On that date, Raymond and John resided at their home at 2474 Bradley Road, on the outskirts of East Brewton. Raymond was personally acquainted with Wallace and Chief Mallard. Chief Mallard had known Raymond for three or four y... More...   $150000 (10-28-2005 - AL)

Plaintiff was sexually harassed by fellow police officers on a union sponsored trip and, following Police Department Investigation of that harassment and discipline of male officers, Union engaged in campaign of retaliatory harassment against plaintiff. Plaintiff's contentions and causes of action: Discrimination, Retaliation, Defamation, Assault, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress.... More...   $2200000 (10-19-2005 - MA)

Gerald Vosen, a Catholic Priest, sued the defendant, a 26-year-old man, who attended the Priest's church as a child and who claimed that the Priest sexually assaulted him, for defamation. The defendant claimed that Vosen sexually assaulted him when he was in fifth and sixth grade at St. John Vianney Catholic School in Janesville.... More...   $0 (10-07-2005 - WI)

Trafford counterclaimed for defamation and claimed that Reynolds sued because of a bad case o... More...   $218000 (09-17-2005 - FL)

This is a whistleblower action brought by Adrienne Anderson (Anderson) against Metro Wastewater Reclamation District (Metro) pursuant to various environmental statutes which prohibit discrimination against "any employee or any authorized representative of employees." Pursuant to the recommendation of one of Metro's local unions, the City of Denver's mayor appointed Anderson to Metro's Board o... More...   $0 (09-08-2005 - CO)

Larry E. Beedle and Peggy Lee Korn, proceeding pro se, filed suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Jackson County Memorial Hospital (Hospital), several of the Hospital's employees, an Oklahoma state court judge, a law firm and several of the lawyers employed there, an Oklahoma state district attorney, a local police chief, a private citizen, and the plaintiffs' former attorney. Plaintiffs... More...   $0 (09-08-2005 - OK)

Former Alabama Assistant Coach Ronnie Cottrell sued Tom Culpepper and th NCAA on a defamation theory for saying he stole money from the Shaun Alexander Foundation, that he stole videotapes from the University of Alabama after his dismissal, and that he abandoned his first wife and family in Tallahassee.... More...   $30000000 (07-22-2005 - AL)

Mary McCarthy and Aidan O'Lee sued Compuware Corporation on a defamation theory claiming that the IT staffing company. The lawsuit stemmed from a letter sent in 2001 by Compuware Senior Vice-President Alan Cantrell to executives of Charles Schwab & Company, an account handled by Ms. McCarthy and Ms. O'Lee during their employment with Compuware.... More...   $11100000 (07-12-2005 - CA)

Linda McGreevy, a school nurse, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against defendants: the Bermudian Springs School District (the "District"); Gerald Soltis, the District's superintendent; Roger Stroup, principal of the Bermudian Springs Elementary School; and Kathleen Tsosie, the assistant principal of the Bermudian Springs Elementary School, claiming that defendants ... More...   $0 (06-30-2005 - PA)

Plaintiffs-appellants James Albright, a former bodyguard and lover of Madonna, and his corporate agent, Amrak Productions, Inc. ("Amrak"), appeal from the dismissal of their defamation, invasion of privacy, and other state claims stemming from the publication of a tell-all book, Madonna. In a nutshell, defendants-appellees author and publishers allegedly portrayed Albright as a homosexual by mi... More...   $0 (06-08-2005 - MA)

{1} This case involves a dispute between two state auditors, Plaintiff Robert E. Vigil and Defendant Domingo P. Martinez. After Vigil left office as state auditor, Martinez took over and had an independent audit performed on Vigil's work at the agency by Defendant Dennis R. Kennedy, C.P.A., and his Albuquerque accounting firm, Dennis R. Kennedy, P.C. The report issued by Kennedy made sev... More...   $0 (06-01-2005 - NM)

Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Company brought this action against Weyerhaeuser Company for antitrust violations under Section 2 of the Sherman Act.1 Ross-Simmons alleged that Weyerhaeuser monopolized and attempted to monopolize the Pacific Northwest input market for alder sawlogs through its purchases of sawlogs. Ross-Simmons prevailed in a jury trial on both its monopolization and attem... More...   $78769218 (05-31-2005 - OR)