Legal Opinion
Smith v. Anonymous Joint Enterprise
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 30, 2010No. Docket 138456, 138457, and 138458PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
In this case, we decide whether plaintiff, Derith Smith, presented clear and convincing evidence at trial to support the jury’s finding that defendants John Stanek, Donald Barrows, and Noel Flohe defamed plaintiff by mass-mailing copies of a personnel report containing false information about her. After conducting an independent review of the record, we conclude there exists clear and convincing evidence that Stanek and Barrows acted with “actual malice,” but that plaintiff has failed to meet her evidentiary burden as to Flohe.
Accordingly, we affirm the result reached by the Court of Appeals…
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