Legal Opinion
Hearts With Haiti, Inc. v. Kendrick
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 27, 2017No. 15-2401PPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOUTER, Associate Justice.
Hearts With Haiti, Inc., and Michael Geilenfeld brought this action against Paul Kendrick alleging defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and tortious interference with business relations. The claims were based on Kendrick’s public accusations that Geilenfeld sexually abused boys in an orphanage he personally operated in Haiti and that the abuse was enabled by Hearts With Haiti, a North Carolina corporation that raised funds for the orphanage. A jury found for the Plaintiffs with separate awards of damages totaling $14.5 million. Kendrick appealed. While the…
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