Richard Bensinger produced and screened a film about Spacecon Specialty Contractors, LLC. Claiming the film conveyed several defamatory statements, Spacecon filed suit against Bensinger in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, based on diversity jurisdiction, asserting a state-law claim for defamation per se. The district court granted Bensinger’s motion for summary judg

In this defamation case, appellant Warren Aldous challenges the trial court‘s partial summary judgment on liability entered against him on deemed admissions and the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence to support the damages award to appellee Eric Bruss after a contested hearing. Appellant Michael Aldous asserts that (1) the trial court erred by denying his motion for new trial in which

Erin Bates sued PC Cast aka Phyllis Cast, Kristin Cast and St. Martins Press on libel and slander theories claiming:

1. Plaintiff is a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

2. Defendant P.C. Cast, aka Phyllis Cast, (hereinafter “Defendant P.C. Cast”) is an individual and a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma

3. Defendant Kristin Cast is an individual and a resident of T

11 Plaintiffs Kent Singer, Thomas Nollner, and Jonathan
12 Decker appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court
13 for the Northern District of New York (David N. Hurd, Judge)
14 granting summary judgment to the defendants on the plaintiffs'
15 First Amendment retaliation claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
16 § 1983. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants, wh

The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) waives the Government’s sovereign immunity from tort suits, but excepts from that waiver certain intentional torts, 28 U. S. C. §2680(h). Section §2680(h), in turn, contains a proviso that extends the waiver of immunity to claims for sixintentional torts, including assault and battery, that are based on the“acts or omissions” of an “investigative or law

2 This case is before the court on certified questions of Oregon law from the 3 United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit). See generally ORS 4 28.200 to 28.255 (granting authority to answer certified questions and describing 5 procedure). The questions arise out of an action for personal injury brought in federal 6 district court against defendant Boyle and his employer,

Jay C. Adkins sued John A. Alberts on a legal negligence (legal malpractice) theory:

1. Adkins is a citizen of the State of Oklahoma and a resident of Oklahoma County.

2. Defendant, John A. Alberts ("Alberts") is an attorney licensed to practice in Oklahoma. He maintains an office in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

3. Defendant, Jennifer Wadley ("Wadley") is an attorney licensed to

¶1 In this appeal, Salt Lake City employees Shanna Werner and Scott Atkinson (City Employees) contest the district court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment. In that motion, they argued that appellees Michael Howe, Jerry Howe, and Peak Alarm Company (Mr. Howe) failed to file suit within the period fixed by the applicable statute of limitations. The City Employees contend that parties

Daniel E. Smolen sued J. Daniel Morgan, Hilti, Inc., Hilti of America, Inc. and Newton, O'Connor, Turner & Ketchum, P.C. on libel and slander theories claiming:

1. Plaintiff Daniel E. Smolen is a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

2. Plaintiff Smolen, Smolen & Roytman, PLLC is a professional limited liability
company.

3. Defendant J. Daniel Morgan is a resident of T

John Pointer sued Alex Pagan dba Humble Performance on a breach of contract theory claiming:

1. Plaintiff is a resident of Wagoner County.

2. Defendant conducts business in Tulsa County.

3. Plaintiff agreed to purchase a 1993 Honda Civic Hatchback (“Honda”) from Defendant and he agreed to modify it into an all motor pro car capable of doing nine second passes.

4 Pla

The issue before this Court is whether Florida’s absolute privilege, which shields judges, counsel, parties, and witnesses from liability for alleged defamatory statements made in the course of a judicial proceeding, extends to statements made by an attorney during ex-parte, out-of-court questioning of a potential, nonparty witness while investigating matters connected to a pending lawsuit. In D

Appellant, Robert Writt, challenges the trial court’s rendition of summary judgment in favor of appellees, Shell Oil Company and Shell International, E&P, Inc. (collectively, “Shell”), in Writt’s suit against Shell for defamation. In two issues, Writt contends that the trial court erred in granting Shell summary judgment as Shell did not have an absolute privilege to make defamatory statem

James Ellis Arden (Arden) appeals judgment in favor of Martina Silas (Silas) in Silas‘s action against Arden for malicious prosecution of a malpractice action against her. Silas represented Ross Gunnell (Gunnell) in a personal injury action resulting in a jury award that was later overturned on the grounds that worker‘s compensation was the exclusive remedy. Gunnell filed a malpractice action

This case presents the narrow question of whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that six allegedly defamatory statements made by appellant Dennis Laurion regarding an encounter with respondent David McKee, M.D., survive summary judgment. We hold that none of the six statements is actionable either (1) because there is no genuine issue of material fact as to the falsity of the statements

This defamation case concerns Mind, Body and Soul, a book written by Scott Weier. In the author’s words, the book is “based on my life.” It discusses Scott’s personal transformation, largely through his relationship with God, following his divorce “on bad terms” from his first wife. Scott’s ex-wife and her father concluded the book falsely accused them of lying, abuse, and suffering

Senior Resident Judge Ola Lewis sued Ed Rapp on a libel theory claiming that an April 2010 blog posting in which Rapp questioned her judicial ethics for campaigning for the-candidate State Senator Bill Rabon. Plaintiff claimed that her reputation was damaged.

Defendant claimed that the claim against him was just politics.

Defendant Crusader Entertainment, LLC, now known as Bristol Bay Productions (Crusader) and plaintiffs Clive Cussler and his affiliated entities (Cussler)1 each appeal a postjudgment order. There are three main issues on appeal. The first is whether the trial court abused its discretion by finding there was no prevailing party for purposes of awarding attorney fees. The second is whether the trial

Gary Craig appeals the grant of summary judgment on his three tort claims—malicious prosecution, false arrest, and defamation—against his former employer, the City of Cedar Rapids. Craig claims there is at least one disputed fact question for each claim, which should have precluded summary judgment. The City contends the district court was correct on all grounds. We affirm.

I. Backgroun

Christine Kay Hanks, Marcella Kay Barone, Nancy Rebecca Humphries, Teresa Ann McCurdy and Ronald Langham sued Christopher P. Edwards and Procidence Home Care, LLC on breach of contract theories claiming:

1. Christine Kay Hanks is an individual whose residence is in Oklahoma County, State of Oklahoma (hereafter, referred to as “Plaintiff, Hanks”). Plaintiff, Hanks, at all times pertin

Appellant Robert Kinney sued Appellees Andrew Harrison Barnes and BCG Attorney Search, Inc., Employment Crossing, Inc., and JD Journal, Inc., companies owned by Barnes (sometimes collectively “Barnes”), for defamation and defamation per se based on a statement made by Barnes and published on his companies’ websites. The only relief Kinney sought was an injunction requiring Barnes to remove t

Appellants, Scripps Texas Newspapers, L.P. d/b/a Corpus Christi Caller-Times and the E.W. Scripps Company (collectively “Scripps”), Judy Hawley, Sylvia Whitmore, Carol Scott (collectively the “Executive Committee Members”), and Damon Bentley,1 appeal from the trial court’s denial of their motions for summary judgment in favor of appellee, Terry Carter.2 We affirm in part and reverse and

Oklahoma Vision Development Center, Inc. d/b/a Harrel Eyecare Center, Lynsey Bigheart, O.D., Monte Harrell, O.D. sued Dorothy S. Ford, aka Buffy Ford, Stacy L. Carpenter and Courtney L. Carpenter on libel, deceptive trade practices act and intentional infliction of emotional distress theories.

Defendants moved for summary judgment claiming:

Come now the Defendants, and move this Cou

Stephen R. Kovacs, D.O. sued Mark Warren, Bret A. Unterschuetz and Arthur H. Adams, P.C. on intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, libel, slander, and intentional interference with contractual relations theories seeking compensatory and punitive damages.

In April of 2005, Stephen R. Kovacs, D.O. (“Dr. Kovacs”) and Urgent Care of Green Country, P.L.L.C. (“Urgent Care

Michael Jerome Holland filed a complaint for libel against his ex-wife Kelly Ann Jones as a limited jurisdiction matter, alleging that she maliciously made false statements about him in a declaration she had filed in their marital dissolution proceeding. The trial court granted Jones‟s special motion to strike the complaint under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP statute, on

Stephen R. Kovacs, D.O. sued Mark Warren, Bret A. Unterschuetz and Arthur H. Adams, P.C. on defamation, libel and sland (per se & per quod), tortious interference with contract or business relationship, intentional infliction of emotion distress and punitive damages.

In April of 2005, Stephen R. Kovacs, D.O. (“Dr. Kovacs”) and Urgent Care of Green Country, P.L.L.C. (“Urgent Care”