Legal Opinion
Summit Bank v. Rogers
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 29, 2012No. A129800PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RUVOLO, P. J.
I
INTRODUCTION
Summit Bank (the Bank) sued its former employee Robert Rogers (Rogers) for posting allegedly defamatory messages on a section of the Craigslist.org Internet Web site (Craigslist) entitled “Rants and Raves.” The Bank alleged that Rogers, “under the guise of anonymity, made false and libelous statements about [the Bank’s] operations, the integrity of its chief executive officer and founder, the safety of depositors’ funds and made false statements about audits and regulatory actions.” Rogers moved to strike the Bank’s *678complaint pursuant to Code of Civil…
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