Court Rules Depose Statute Tort 
Day on Torts
OCTOBER 31, 2022
After deposing Dr. Steege, defendants moved to exclude Dr. Steege on the basis that he was not competent to testify under Tenn. The trial court ruled that “Dr. Steege did not meet the locality rule outlined in Shipley v. In her initial expert disclosures, plaintiff identified Dr. Steege from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 19, 2022
The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. The Court sought to create “breathing space” for the media by articulating that standard that now applies to both public officials and public figures. Reader’s Digest Association , 443 U.S.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. The court concluded that the forest products company had not pleaded actual malice with the level of specificity required to sustain the state law claims. The court granted the company leave to amend its complaint with 21 days. 3:17 -cv-02824 (N.D.
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