Legal Opinion
Veilleux v. National Broadcasting Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 6, 2000No. 98-2104, 98-2176PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellants National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (“NBC”), Man Handel, and Fred Francis (collectively, “defendants”) appeal from jury verdicts totaling $525,000 in the District Court for the District of Maine. Plaintiff-appellees Peter Kennedy, Raymond Veilleux (“Ray”), and Kelly Veilleux (collectively, “plaintiffs”) sued defendants under diversity jurisdiction on state-law claims of defamation, misrepresentation, negligent infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, and loss of consortium.
Plaintiffs alleged that defendants portrayed them in a…
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