Torts - Injury - Assault, Libel, and Slander

CaseCase FiledLast Document
Ward v. Cisco Systems, Inc. et alMarch 13, 2008December 18, 2009
Plaintiff John Ward, Jr. alleged that Defendant Rick Frenkel published false, scandalous and defamatory allegations about the Plaintiff on his Patent Troll Tracker blog.
Henry v. Google, Inc. et alMay 20, 2009November 12, 2009
Albritton v. Cisco Systems, Inc. et alMarch 14, 2008November 5, 2009
Plaintiff Eric Albritton alleged that Defendant Richard Frenkel published a false and defamatory statement that Plaintiff had conspired with the Clerk of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to feloniously alter official documents.
Jones v. Minkin et alOctober 27, 2009November 4, 2009
RUDOVSKY et al v. WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION et alFebruary 19, 2009September 22, 2009
Skinner et al v. New York Times CompanyJanuary 16, 2008June 9, 2009
Vanginderen v. Cornell University et alApril 28, 2008May 21, 2009
Libel case based on microfilm of old newspaper article.
Vanginderen v. Cornell UniversityOctober 29, 2007May 20, 2009
Libel claim - claims university's digitization of campus newspaper constituted "re-publication" thus reviving claim that would ordinarily be extinguished over twenty years ago. Disclosure of private facts claim.
Roe et al v. Doe et alFebruary 17, 2009February 19, 2009
AXACT (PVT.), LTD. v. STUDENT NETWORK RESOURCES, INC. et alNovember 14, 2007January 6, 2009
Plaintiff Axact (Pvt.) Ltd. alleged that Defendants Student Network Resources, inc., Student Network Resources, LLC, Ross Cohen and John Derit have falsely and maliciously accused Plaintiff of perpetrating numerous frauds upon consumers, and engaging illegal activities
Chang et al v. Virgin Mobile USA LLC et alOctober 19, 2007August 29, 2008
Plaintiff Susan Chang, as parent and next friend of Alison Chang, and Justin Wong alleged that Defendants Virgin Mobile USA, LLC and Virgin Mobile Pty Ltd. exploited the use of Alison Chang's image in an advertising campaign without authorization.
SANDLER v. CALCAGNI et alFebruary 27, 2007July 29, 2008
Plaintiff Shana Sandler alleges that Defendants Mia Calcagni and Emet Gabar collaborated to write a book entitled "Help Us Get Mia." The book was published by Defendant Booksurge, LLC and allegedly contained false and defamatory statements.
ARPAIO v. DUPRE et alJuly 16, 2008July 16, 2008
Plaintiff Amber Arpaio alleged that Defendant Ashley Alexandra Dupre had represented to Defendants Joseph Francis, MRA Holding, LLC and Mantra Films, Inc. that Defendant Dupre was Plaintiff and had presented Plaintiff's New Jersey Driver's License to Defendants for identification purposes.
Peterson et al v. Grisham et alSeptember 28, 2007November 15, 2007
Plaintiff William N. Peterson and Gary L. Rogers sued defendants John Grisham, Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Random House Inc., Robert Mayer, Broadway Books, Dennis Fritz, Seven Locks Press Inc., James C. Riordan and Barry Scheck concerning three publications Journey Toward Justice by Dennis Fritz, The Innocent Man by John Grisham, and The Dreams of Ada by Robert Mayer. Plaintiffs contend that these three publications contain false statements, half-truths, incomplete information, and omissions of material facts designed to bring about great public hatred, contempt and ridicule of the plaintiffs, as well as cause the plaintiffs to be deprived of public confidence and be injured in their professions and occupations.
Global Royalties, Ltd. et al v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC et alMay 10, 2007November 12, 2007
Plaintiffs Global Royalties, Ltd. and Brandon Hall allege that defendant Xcentric Ventures, LLC operates the ripoffreport.com website in which defendant encourages visitors to post complaints about businesses and individuals, and then leverages the complaints to coerce businesses and individuals to pay for defendant's assistance in investigating and resolving the posted complaints.
GW Equity LLC v. Xcentric Ventures LLC et alJune 1, 2007November 6, 2007
Plaintiff GW Equity LLC alleges that defendant Xcentric Ventures LLC, which operates the websites www.ripoffreport.com and www.badbusinessbureau.com, publishes false, misleading, disparaging and defamatory statements about plaintiff and its services. Plaintiff further alleges that defendant's websites contain discussions of intellectual property and proprietary information that belongs to plaintiff.
Manchanda Law Offices, PLLC et al v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC et alJuly 25, 2007October 30, 2007
Plaintiffs Rahul Manchanda and the Manchanda Law Offices, PLLC sued defendant Xcentric Ventures, LLC for allegedly defamatory postings about plaintiff that appeared on defendant's website www.ripoffreport.com.
Blue v. Amazon.com, Inc. et alSeptember 5, 2007October 25, 2007
Plaintiff Nesya Shapiro Blue alleges that defendants Amazon.com, Inc. and IMDB Services Inc. credited her on the IMDB website as a director of two adult hard core films. Plaintiff further alleges that she lost many employment and business opportunities because prospective employers believe she has ties to the pornography industry.
Joseph v. Corporation of the President Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints et alAugust 17, 2006October 15, 2007
Plaintiff sued defendants Corporation of the President Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Latter-Day Saints for sexual abuse and rape allegedly committed by a Richard Joseph While, an Elder of the church
Andersen v. Young et alJuly 23, 2007October 11, 2007
COBB v. FOX NEWS NETWORK, LLCSeptember 6, 2007October 8, 2007
Plaintiff alleged that defendant Fox News Network, LLC published the story "40-Year-Old Teacher Marries 16-Year-Old Student" on the front page of Foxnews.com and superimposed a photo of plaintiff next to a photo of the 16-year-old student. However, another teacher—not plaintiff—married the 16-year-old.
GW Equity LLC v. Vercor LLC, et alJune 22, 2007October 8, 2007
Plaintiff GW Equity LLC alleged that defendants Vercor LLC, The Business Owner LLC and David L. Perkins, Jr. republished a false report that had previously appeared on ripoffreport.com.
Powervibe LLC v. BarbaraSeptember 10, 2007October 3, 2007
v. Seed Media Group, LLC et alAugust 16, 2007August 28, 2007
Hyde v. Ramsay et alJune 19, 2007August 8, 2007
Plaintiff was responsible for booking cabaret-theatre shows at Dillons, an Indian-American restaurant in New York. He alleges that he was constructively fired from his position because celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay falsely blamed him for problems at the restaurant and created intolerable conditions for him to continue his employment. These event occurred during the filming of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmare, a new reality TV show that purports to show Ramsay making over a failing restaurant.
Nemelka v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. et alJuly 17, 2007July 18, 2007
Phillips v. Google IncJuly 11, 2007July 18, 2007
Plaintiff Gene E. Phillips sued Google for libel over links provided by the search engine to third-party websites, including the Dallas Business Journal and www.americanmafia.com, which had allegedly published false, misleading, disparaging and damaging statements about Philips and his former company Basic Capital Management, Inc.
Jackson v. Atlanta Falcons Football ClubApril 27, 2007June 20, 2007
STEINBUCH v. CUTLERMay 16, 2005May 31, 2007
Rinde v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsApril 19, 2006August 9, 2006
Plaintiff alleged that defendant The Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints knew or should have known that Paul H. Lewis was a sadistic serial pedophile that was actively abusing children, and had a duty to use reasonable care in the hiring, supervision or retention of Lewis, who served as a Mormon Church Scoutmaster and Melchesidek priest.
Gilroy v. Letterman et alApril 14, 2004October 28, 2004
Plaintiff alleged that defendants David Letterman, Craig Kilborn, and CBS Broadcasting, Inc. put her home under surveillance and made remarks about her during televised programs and other performances.
GIBSON v. BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA et alFebruary 9, 2004August 10, 2004
Plaintiffs Joseph Lee Gibson and P. David Richardson alleged that defendants Boy Scouts of America and National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America arbitrarily and unreasonably revoked plaintiff Gibson's membership in the scouting movement
Iseman v. New York Times Company et alDecember 30, 2008 
Doe v. Doe 1 et alNovember 3, 2008 
Parkmerced Investors Properties LLC et al v. Does 1-18September 23, 2008 
Nemet Chevrolet LTD. et al v. Consumeraffairs.Com, Inc.March 17, 2008 
Clemens v. McNameeFebruary 11, 2008 
Plaintiff William Roger Clemens alleges that Defendant Brian McNamee had published to the Mitchell Commission and the world untrue and defamatory statements about the use of steroids, WInstrol, Anadrol-50, Sustanon 250, Deca-Durabolin and HGH by Roger Clemens.
Diaz et al v. NBC Universal, Inc.January 16, 2008 
Ottis v. Magedson et alOctober 18, 2007 
Chapman v. Journal Concepts, Inc. et alJanuary 3, 2007 
Ackerman et al v. Indiana Pacers et alNovember 14, 2006 
Paulson et al v. Indiana Pacers et alNovember 14, 2006 
Chisholm, et al v. Blogspot, et alOctober 29, 2004 
Hatfill v. The New York Times, et alJuly 13, 2004 
Fatima Rita Dos Santos Fahmy v. Stephen Grahm Hogge et alFebruary 20, 2008