Legal Opinion
Brown v. Times-Picayune, L.L.C.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 3, 2014No. 2014CA0160PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
| ¡.Plaintiff-appellant, Claiborne W. Brown, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his defamation suit, which he filed as a result of a headline and article written by defendant-appellee, Claire Galo-faro, and published in the newspaper owned by defendant-appellee, The Times-Picayune, L.L.C. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand this matter.
PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND
In November 2010, plaintiff was a criminal defense attorney practicing in Coving-ton, Louisiana. At that time, he agreed to act as local co-counsel, together with K. James Phillips, an attorney licensed in…
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