The District hired Smith as the director of technology systems in July 1995. In that position, he reported to Pat Moran, the associate superintendent of management services, and supervised three employees, including Donna Pittman, an executive secretary, and Jacquelyn Seymour, an outside project manager specialist hired by Smith. According to Smith, the technology department was in disarray wh... More...   $250000 (08-07-2001 - IA)

Appellant is the grandmother of minor Lauren Kenney and the mother of Chris Kenney, Lauren’s father. Chris Kenney and Lauren’s mother, Angela Miles, ... More...   $0 (08-03-2001 - MO)

The plaintiff in this diversity suit (governed, all agree, by Illinois law) is an insurance company that we'll call "Cincinnati." The complaint seeks a declaration that Cincinnati has no duty to defend the two defendants, "Eastern" and "Integrity," under the basic liability policy that it had issued to them and under an umbrella liability policy that it had issued to Integrity alone. Eas... More...   $0 (08-02-2001 - IL)

Richard Lloyd Carr, an engineer who develops privately financed public infrastructure projects, brought this action asserting that Forbes, Incorporated defamed him by publishing an article casting doubt on the integrity of his conduct and his representations concern- ing those projects. Because Carr is a limited-purpose public figure who has forecast no evidence that Forbes acted with actual ... More...   $0 (08-01-2001 - SC)

Plaintiffs David M. Veile and Veile Mortuary, Inc. appeal the district court's conclusion they did not possess a protected property interest in a rotation policy established by defendant Gordon D. Martinson, the Coroner of Washakie County, Wyoming, and the court's decision to strike an expert witness designation on the property interest issue. Further, they challenge the district court's refusal t... More...   $0 (07-30-2001 - WY)

Fraud, breach of contact and defamation claims by insured who claimed that defendant paid investigators bonuses for rejecting valid insurance claims. Plaintiff made a claim in the amount of $9,500 when his 1992 Nissan was stolen and burned. When Baron's bank called about collecting its lien, Warrior told the bank that Baron had committed insurance fraud. ... More...   $3035000 (07-30-2001 - IL)

[1] Manley C. Gove Sr. and Tri Berwick Realty, Inc., (collectively, Gove) appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court (York County, Fritzsche, J.) granting a summary judgment to Jonathan L. Carter, the town manager for the Town of Wells. Gove contends that the Superior Court erred in concluding that Carter was entitled to immunity from his suit pursuant to the Maine Tort Claims Act, 14 M... More...   $0 (07-27-2001 - ME)

Karen Horwitz began teaching full time at Avoca West Elementary School when the 1993 to 1994 school year began and continued to do so until she was terminated in April of 1999. Horwitz has raised numerous claims against the Board of Education of Avoca School District No. 37 (the "Board"), Dr. John W. Sloan, Dr. Venette Biancalana, and Dorothy Ballantyne. She is appealing a variety of dec... More...   $0 (07-26-2001 - IL)

Plaintiff, a former employee of the Town of Middlebury, Connecticut, brought Section 1983 action against Town and two Town officials, alleging First Amendment and due process violations in connection with his termination, as well as state law claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation. The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Joan Glazer Margoli... More...   $0 (07-24-2001 - CT)

In this opinion, we examine the appropriate procedures to be followed and the standards to be applied by courts in evaluating applications for discovery of the identity of anonymous users of Internet Service Provider (ISP) message boards. Information contained in postings by anonymous users of ISP message boards can form the basis of litigation instituted by an individual, corporation or busin... More...   $0 (07-18-2001 - NJ)

[2] Meyer owned a s... More...   $0 (07-10-2001 - ND)

Pat Matrisciana,2 through companies of which he is the chairman and president, produced and released a video indicating Jay Campbell and Kirk Lane, both law enforcement officers, had been implicated in the deaths of two teenage boys and a subsequent cover-up. Campbell and Lane responded by bringing this diversity action for defamation. A jury found Matrisciana liable and judgment was entered i... More...   $0 (07-10-2001 - AR)

Appellant, Brad Butler, brings the instant appeal challenging the Benton County Circuit Court's order granting summary judgment in favor of appellees, Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc., its Arkansas affiliate, KHBS/KHOG-TV, and one of its reporters, Rhonda Justice. Butler, a former Benton County prosecuting attorney, complained that appellees committed the torts of defamation, invasion of privacy, an... More...   $0 (07-09-2001 - AR)

In October 1993, he was involved in an altercation with John Horwath and suspended for two days. Horwath, who is white, was fired. Etukakpan filed a charge of race and national or... More...   $0 (07-09-2001 - MN)

We granted certiorari to decide two issues arising from the court of appeals decision in Sky Fun 1, Inc. v. Schuttloffel, 8 P.3d 570 (Colo. App. 2000): first, whether certain verbal statements made by a pilot’s previous employer are protected by the limited liability provision of 49 U.S.C. § 44936(g) (Supp. IV 1999) precluding a defamation suit brought by the pilot against the employer; seco... More...   $0 (07-02-2001 - CO)

Appellant Jon Dodson, M.D., appeals a Pulaski County jury's verdict finding in favor of Appellee Allstate Insurance Company on claims of defamation and tortious interference with a contract. This court accepted this case on March 9, 2001, pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 1-2(g). Dodson raises ten points on appeal. We hold that the trial judge erred in ruling that Allstate's withdrawn counterclaim coul... More...   $0 (06-28-2001 - AR)

Defamation. Channel 6 in Oklahoma City ran a series of news stories concerning the Plaintiff. These stories essentally accussed the Plaintiff of being a horse killer. The Plaintiff alleged damage to his reputation and loss of business. The Plainitff also alleged that the Defendants acted intentionally and with mailce in running these stories.... More...   $6500000 (06-28-2001 - OK)

Myron S. Gritchen filed a complaint with the Long Beach Police Department about the conduct of Gordon W. Collier, a Long Beach police officer who stopped Gritchen for speed-ing. Collier took umbrage and threatened to sue Gritchen for defamation. Most complaints about public officials are privi-leged in California, but state law allows peace officers to bring an action for defamation against ... More...   $0 (06-13-2001 - CA)

This case involves claims of defamation and invasion of privacy arising out of two letters written by appellee Dr. Gary L. Smith on behalf of appellee The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (“APL”)1 as part of a settlement agreement in a federal lawsuit filed by Patricia Herchenroeder. Sodergren and APL were both defendants in Herchenroeder’s lawsuit, which ... More...   $0 (06-01-2001 - MD)

Petitioner John Doe sought review of a Court of Appeals' decision reversing the jury's award of damages (based on claims of defamation, negligence, invasion of privacy, violation of his rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), and breach of contract) and remanding the case for retrial solely on the defamation claim. We hold that the jury was properly inst... More...   $1155000 (05-31-2001 - WA)

Fathy M. A. Saleh (Saleh) and Godwin O. Mbagwu (Mbagwu) (together "Appellees"), tenured professors at Virginia State University (VSU), brought employment discrimination actions against several VSU administrators, including the University Presi- dent and Provost, in their individual capacities. Both Saleh and Mbagwu alleged race and national origin discrimination under 42 U.S.C. SS 1981 and 1... More...   $0 (05-31-2001 - VA)

The plaintiff, Graceia M. Voyles, brought the present action in the circuit court of Du Page County against the defendant, Sandia Mortgage Corporation (now known as Fleet Mortgage Corporation), seeking damages for the defendant's submission of allegedly inaccurate reports about her to credit reporting agencies. Following a bench trial, the trial judge awarded the plaintiff a total of $10,000 in da... More...   $0 (05-24-2001 - IL)

These are three appeals from a final judgment and satellite orders entered by the San Francisco County Superior Court in a suit for damages for breach of contract, interference with prospective economic advantage, and defamation. We are asked by plaintiff-appellant to rule the sustention of a demurrer to the amended complaint without leave to amend was erroneous as a matter of law, the rulings... More...   $0 (05-18-2001 - CA)

Plaintiff Claire A. Straughn urges us to vacate several summary judgment rulings which ultimately prompted the district court to dismiss her claims against Delta Airlines, Inc., alleging gender discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2001, et seq., race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and breach of contract, wrongful termination, and defamatio... More...   $0 (05-17-2001 - NH)

Girish Chandra Sahu appeals the District Court’s 1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his emplo... More...   $0 (05-16-2001 - MN)