Dr. Hassan had staff privileges at Mercy from 1970 to 1986. At Rosevil... More...   $0 (03-21-2002 - CA)

Libel and slander claim - The specific allegations made by the plaintiff and the defenses asserted by the defendant are not available at this time.... More...   $0 (03-14-2002 - OK)

This appeal arises from a suit for defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress filed by attorney Franklin R. Nix against Cox Enterprises, doing business as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; an editor; and a number of unnamed individuals (hereinafter, collectively, “Cox”). The suit was based on two related articles published in the Journal-Const... More...   $0 (02-25-2002 - GA)

Plaintiff 800 Services Inc. appeals from the August 3, 2000 Final Order and the subsequent September 18, 2000 interest calculation Order of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. 800 Services was an "aggregator" of telecommunications services provided by AT&T. Aggregators pool telecommunications service in order to provide discounted service to their customer... More...   $0 (02-12-2002 - NJ)

Justyna Clipper challenges the circuit court's award of attorney's fees to Bay Oaks Condominium Association and Midnight Pass Properties after they prevailed in her suit against them. The fees were awarded on two bases: a proposal for settlement and a contractual provision in the Bay Oaks Declaration of Condominium. We reverse the fee award based on the proposal for settlement. We also reverse ... More...   $0 (02-08-2002 - FL)

In 1992, defendant Buckstop Lure Company, Inc., filed a libel action against plaintiffs Fred D. Trost and Fred D. Trost Enterprises, ... More...   $0 (02-05-2002 - MI)

Plaintiff Randall "Tex" Cobb, a former professional boxer and character actor, sued defendant Time, Inc. d/b/a Sports Illustrated ("SI") for libel. The action arose out of an article that appeared in the October 4, 1993 edition of the publication Sports Illustrated, a prominent national sports magazine. The article, entitled "The Fix Was In," dealt with a number of professional boxing matches invo... More...   $0 (01-30-2002 - TN)

Plaintiff-Appellant James R. Singleton, a Captain in the Ohio Air National Guard, appeals from the decision of the district court granting Defendant-Appellee United States' motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. In 1999, Singleton filed a complaint in Ohio state court against Thomas A. Hitzeman, a Major in the Ohio Air National Gu... More...   $0 (01-22-2002 - OH)

Patrick Swindall sued Cox Enterpises, Inc. for libel for statements made in an editorial published in Cox's newspaper, the Atlantic Constitution. In 1989, a federal court indicted Swindall for perjury. Swindall was convicted for nine counts of perjury, of which the Eleventh Circuit revered three and affirmed six. In 1999, the Atlanta Constitution published an editorial entitled "Barr's claims ou... More...   $0 (01-11-2002 - GA)

Sports Unlimited, Inc. brought suit against Lankford Enterprises, Inc., presenting several theories for relief, all based on allegations that Defendant had caused Plaintiff to lose business and had injured its business reputation.(1) Jurisdiction in the district court was claimed under both 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 & 1332; Plaintiff also invoked the court's supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 136... More...   $0 (01-04-2002 - KS)

Two of the researchers, Rod J. Rohrich and Larry H. Hollier, are medical doctors, and t... More...   $0 (12-27-2001 - TX)

Civil Code section 47 provides generally that statements made in the course of an official proceeding are absolutely privileged. Those statements therefore cannot serve as a basis for civil liability. Civil Code section 47.5, however, creates an exception, allowing a peace officer to bring a defamation action against an individual who knowingly and maliciously files a false complaint about the ... More...   $0 (11-29-2001 - CA)

Respondent, using seven different aliases, posted 246 messages on Yahoo! Internet message boards, some of which were devoted to discussions of appellant’s stock. Yahoo! is a California corporation based in Santa Clara, California. In order to avail himself of the opportunity to post on a Yahoo! message board, respondent was required to register a nickname or alias known as a Yahoo! ID, a... More...   $0 (11-26-2001 - CA)

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Star-Telegram, Inc., and Star-Telegram Newspaper, Inc., D/B/A Fort Worth Star-Telegram (collectively “the Star-Telegram”), appeal from the trial court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment. Appellee, John Street, sued the Star-Telegram for libel arising from a Letter to the Editor published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The letter addre... More...   $0 (11-08-2001 - TX)

Jane Johns worked for the Heard County Department of Family and Children Services ("DFCS") under the supervision of Jere R. Ridley. Based on what she alleged was 13 months of harassment, Johns filed suit against Ridley and DFCS for slander, libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and invasion of privacy. Johns’s husband, now deceased, sued the same defendants for loss of co... More...   $0 (09-17-2001 - GA)

Meyer built a lagoon on a plot of land contemplated for use as a catt... More...   $0 (09-14-2001 - KS)

Press-Citizen Co., Inc., (the Press-Citizen) appeals from a judgment awarding substantial punitive damages against it in a libel action. The plaintiff-appellee is Caveman Adventures UN, Ltd. d/b/a the Electronics Cave (the Electronics Cave), a retail vendor of electronic equipment in Iowa City, including VCRs and camcorders. The gravamen of the Electronics Cave's claim in the district court was th... More...   $0 (09-06-2001 - IA)

The heart of this case lies at the difficult three-way intersection of the news media's desire to inform the public about the potential dangers of an over-the-counter herbal supplement, California's public policy interest in the prompt resolution of so-called "SLAPP suits," and the liberal policies underlying the discovery provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Metabolife appeal... More...   $0 (09-05-2001 - CA)

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)

Alpine Industries, Inc. sued Dr. Lori Feyk, a public health official with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, for libel after she authored a p... More...   $0 (05-11-2001 - AK)

Libel and Slander Claim by retired FBI agent who alleged that defendant, the author of ``The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of Terror,'' accused him of allowing the mass murder of the 259 people on board the flight and 11 more on the ground. The book stated that Revell knew about the bomb plot and pulled his wife and daughter off of the plane. The publisher of the book agreed to destroy ... More...   $0 (05-09-2001 - OK)

Before the Court are Special Motions to Strike brought by Defendant Barry King aka BDAMAN609 ("King") and Defendant Reader aka ELECTRICK_MAN's ("Reader"). King and Reader filed two separate motions; because they raise the identical legal arguments based on similar facts, the motions will be considered together. The Court deems this matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.... More...   $0 (03-13-2001 - CA)

Diversity of citizenship - libel, assault and slander claims - Ida ``Maxie'' Wells, the former Democratic National Committee secretary for saying publicly that the Watergate burglars were searching Wells' desk for a package of call-girl photos believed to include a picture of the future wife of John Dean, the former Nixon White House counsel. Liddy... More...   $0 (02-01-2001 - MD)

Before this Court is Defendant Barnes-Jewish Hospital's Motion to Dismiss or in the Alternative for Summary Judgment. The parties have consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). For the reasons stated in this Memorandum and Order, Defendant's Motion is granted in part and denied in part.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff orig... More...   $0 (01-18-2001 - MO)