Legal Opinion
Paul Bloom v. Robert Beam
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 11, 2014No. 13-CV-433 & 13-CV-484PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Senior Judge:
Appellant, Paul Bloom, challenges the jury’s verdict rejecting his nuisance claim and awarding appellee, Robert Beam, special damages under his slander of title counterclaim arising from Bloom’s filing of a memorandum of lis pendens. Bloom claims that Beam failed to establish the elements required for slander of title, and that the court erred by finding the lis pendens was not absolutely privileged, by awarding sanctions pursuant to D.C.Code § 42-1207 (2001), and by failing to submit the issue of punitive damages to the jury. For the reasons stated below, we affirm in…
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