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Dismissal of Defamation and False Light Claim under Tennessee Public Participation Act partially reversed.

Day on Torts

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Defendant filed a petition for dismissal pursuant to the TPPA, and after finding that the TPPA applied, that plaintiff was a limited-purpose public figure in the context of this action, and that plaintiff “had not established a prima facie case for actual malice,” the trial court dismissed the case. The TPPA, Tenn.

Prima Facie Case

Prima Facie Case Tort Real Estate Statute

Proper analysis for petition to dismiss under Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA).

Day on Torts

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This two step analysis was not followed by the trial court in this case. months after oral arguments in this case. Note: Chapter 28, Section 14 of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law has been updated to include this decision. internal citations omitted). quoting Tenn. Code Ann. §

Prima Facie Case

Prima Facie Case Tort Statute Construction

Paralegal Brief

Dismissal of Defamation and False Light Claim under Tennessee Public Participation Act partially reversed.

Proper analysis for petition to dismiss under Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA).

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