Legal Opinion
Maison de France, Ltd. v. Mais Oui!, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided January 31, 2005No. 53130-1-IPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*37¶1 Two retailers of French housewares, C’est la Vie and Mais Oui!, and their owners and employees, sued Maison de France, another retailer of French housewares, alleging, among other claims, defamation. The trial court concluded that the publications at issue were substantially true in their stinging points. We conclude that some portions of one publication were materially false and defamatory per se. We affirm in part. We reverse in part and remand.
Appelwick, J.
FACTS
¶2 In September 1998, Blaise Bouchand (Bouchand) and his wife, Jasmine Bouchand, opened Maison de France, a retail shop in…
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