Legal Opinion
Lowell v. Wright
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided September 2, 2020No. A162785PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
325 Argued and submitted April 5, 2018, reversed and remanded September 2, 2020 Tom LOWELL, dba Piano Studios and Showcase, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Matthew WRIGHT and Artistic Piano, an Oregon corporation, Defendants-Respondents. Jackson County Circuit Court 13CV04582; A162785
473 P3d 1094
Plaintiff brought a defamation claim against defendants after defendant Wright posted a negative Google review about plaintiff’s piano store. Wright worked at a competitor’s piano store—owned by the other defendant, Artistic Piano—at the time that he published the review. The trial court granted sum- mary…
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