Libel and Slander - Melaleuca is in the business of selling a line of personal hygiene, cosmetic, household cleaning, over-the-counter pharmaceutical, nutrition and pet care products. Most of the 110 products it markets contain tea tree oil derived from leaves of the melaleuca alternifolia, a tree which grow... More...   $1550000 (09-29-1998 - CA)

Libel and slander claim - Plaitiff sued defendant for publishing a statement on a matter of public interest which allegedly defamed plaintiff.... More...   $2000000 (09-22-1998 - SC)

Tortious interference with business expectancy. On February 22, 1994, plaintiff's employee Allen Butler, reinjured his shoulder while working on the Mission Hlls subdivision. Butler had previously filed a workers' compensation claim on November 11, 1992 for a should injury he sustained while working for plaintiff. He filed a new claim for the 1994 injury. Continental originally denied the claim... More...   $90000 (07-28-1998 - MO)

Redress Harm Due to False and Defamatory Statements - Plaintiff sued the defendants for alleged defamatory statements made during an aired radio talk show segment by the radio talk show host. Chicago City Day School alleges that the talk show host made remarks that suggested libel and slander regarding the issuance of a permit to demolish a coach's house on campus, calling the tactics deployed as... More...   $0 (06-23-1998 - IL)

Libel and slander claims by an environmental activist who claimed that Exxon employees in charge of plants located near the Houston Ship Channel make fales statements about him and harmed his reputation. Abraham spearheaded an effort to to get Exxon's Baytown plant to voluntarily disclose its emissions data to area residents through what was known as a "Good Neighbor Agreement." Exxon's pl... More...   $0 (04-17-1998 - TX)

Libel, slander and assault claims relating to statements made by Kelly, a former NFL quarterback, against Faigin and Greg Lustig Pro Sports which negotiated a professional sports contract for Kelly with the Buffalo Bills in 1986. Kelly was paid $8.5 million by the Bills. In 1992, Kelly wrote his autobiography "Armed and Dangerous" in which he claimed that he fired Greg Lustig Pro Sports a... More...   $0 (04-15-1998 - NH)

Libel claim against Defandant for calling Ramunno a "land speculator" and owner of "poorly maintained" rowhouses in an open letter Cawley wrote to the mayor and city council of Wilmington. Ramunno, an attorney for 30 years and a millionaire housing developer, told Reuters that he neither sought nor received any money in the settlement. The Gannett newspaper group owns 87 daily newspapers with... More...   $610000 (04-13-1998 - DE)

Libel and Slander - Breach of Contract and Fiduciary Duties - Defamation - This matter arose as a result of plaintiff's alleged efforts to reach an agreement with the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe ("the Tribal Council") for the development of a casino resort on their reservation, located in Lake Havasu, California. Also at issue is defendants' alleged interference with such relationship, breaches of con... More...   $200000 (03-09-1998 - NY)

Libel - Plaintiff claimed that television station WHAS-TV libeled the Kentucky Kingdom amusement park in a series of article broadcast after a rollercoaster accident. The broadcasts claimed that the rollercoaster was unsafe when the accident happened because of operator error.... More...   $3975000 (03-02-1998 - KY)

Libel, slander and assault claims under Texas' food disparagement laws by Texas cattlemen resulting from comments by television personality Oprah Winfrey and her guest Howard Lyman during a show broadcast on April 16, 1996. Plaintiffs claim that Ms. Winfrey and Mr. Lyman disparaged beef and beef products relating to the possible risks of contracting "Mad Cow" disease. ... More...   $0 (02-23-1998 - TX)

Libel - Plaintiff, a physician, claimed that defendants libeled her in printing allegations of professional misconduct. Wilmington businesswoman Pamela Kane gave a copy of a complaint filed by her with the New Castle County Medical Society. The complaint formed the basis for the article which was published by the News Journal. The complaint alleged that Dr. Kanaga had committed a serious breac... More...   $3002000 (01-23-1998 - DE)

Libel - Claim that Defendant, a state representative from Norman, libeled Plaintiff in campaign materials published by him before a primary election in 1996.... More...   $45000 (01-09-1998 - OK)

Intentional infliction of emotional distress and abuse of process claims by Plaintiff arrising out of the transfer of custody from Plaintiff to Defendant on an emergent basis by the District Court of Rogers County and the subsequent refusal of that same court to sustained Defendant's motion to permanently modify custody in January, 1996. Counterclaim by Defendant against Plaintiff for malicious p... More...   $40001 (12-18-1997 - OK)

Egregious libel - Plaintiff, an Idaho company, claimed that Defendant, who lives in Tijuana, made false statements about Plaintiff's products in three books written by her. ... More...   $1550000 (02-07-1997 - CA)

¶1 Before us are questions concerning the adequacy of the State's service of Notice of Seizure and Intended Forfeiture on respondent. Although the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act (the Act), 63 O.S.Supp. 1992 § 2-506 (C), provides for notice to a property owner by mailing or publication, this respondent was personally served Notice of the proceeding by the assistant district attorn... More...   $0 (09-17-1996 - OK)

Breach of contract, fraud and conversion claim against defendant with counterclaim for breach of contract, negligence, libel, slander, intentional infliction of emotional distress. Plaintiff's demur to defendant's evidence regarding the negligence, libel, slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims was sustained... More...   $0 (06-10-1996 - OK)

Claims for libel, false light, breach of fiduciary duty, usurpation of business opportunity and accounting. ... More...   $0 (10-19-1995 - OK)

¶1 The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit [certifying court] certified the following questions pursuant to the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, 20 O.S. 1991 ' ' 1601 et seq.:

1. In light of the facts as detailed below that the Defendants Laurance B. Wolfberg and Carolyn Wolfberg either individually or combined instituted four separate lawsuits and filed on... More...   $0 (01-03-1995 - OK)

¶1 The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit [certifying court] certified the following questions pursuant to the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, 20 O.S. 1991 ' ' 1601 et seq.:

1. In light of the facts as detailed below that the Defendants Laurance B. Wolfberg and Carolyn Wolfberg either individually or combined instituted four separate lawsuits and filed one... More...   $0 (01-03-1995 - OK)

¶1 Presently before the Court is a disciplinary matter brought against E. Melvin Porter upon a grievance filed by District Judge Ralph G. Thomspon. After a hearing the Professional Responsibility Trial Panel found that E. Melvin Porter violated the mandatory strictures of 5 O.S.A. Ch. I, App. 3 (1981), D.R. 1-102(A)(5), (6) providing:

"(A) A lawyer shall not:

. . . . .

... More...   $0 (12-28-1988 - OK)

In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 279-280 (1964), we held that, in a libel suit brought by a public official, the First Amendment requires the plaintiff to show that in publishing the defamatory statement the defendant acted with actual malice — "with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not." We held further that such actual malice mus... More...   $0 (06-25-1986 - DC)

¶1 Does civil liability for the tort of perjury exist in this state? This is the foremost question which arises from the sustention of a demurrer to plaintiff's cause of action for perjury and pretrial deceit. A procedural problem concerning our jurisdiction to review will be preliminarily disposed of sua sponte. We hold that civil liability for the tort of perjury does lie in this state but that... More...   $0 (09-24-1985 - OK)

¶1 Does civil liability for the tort of perjury exist in this state? This is the foremost question which arises from the sustention of a demurrer to plaintiff's cause of action for perjury and pretrial deceit. A procedural problem concerning our jurisdiction to review will be preliminarily disposed of sua sponte. We hold that civil liability for the tort of perjury does lie in this state but that... More...   $0 (09-24-1985 - OK)

¶1 This action was commenced in the district court of Oklahoma county on March 23, 1942, by defendant in error, herein referred to as plaintiff, against Local Federal Savings & Loan Association, to cancel of record a mortagage covering lots 45 and 46, block 1, Bancroft addition to Oklahoma City, executed by Elery L. Ervin and Tessie E. Ervin, husband and wife, who did not own said property.
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¶1 This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Osage county rendered against Edna Drew Pryor, administratrix of the estate of Antwine Pryor, deceased, and against the estate of said deceased, and in favor of Antwine Pryor, a minor, and putative bastard child of Antwine Pryor, deceased.

¶2 The record discloses that bastardy proceedings were instituted in the county court of ... More...   $0 (10-25-1938 - OK)