Aegis Sciences Corporation v. Lou Ann Zelenik - Dissent

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE November 14, 2012 Session AEGIS SCIENCES CORPORATION v. LOU ANN ZELENIK, ET AL. Direct Appeal from the Circuit Court for Davidson County No. 10C2913 Joseph P. Binkley, Jr., Judge No. M2012-00898-COA-R3-CV - Filed January 16, 2013 J. STEVEN STAFFORD, J., DISSENTING: I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion in this case. The majority affirms summary judgment on the basis that Aegis is unable to show that a reasonable person of ordinary intelligence could find that the advertisement was capable of a defamatory meaning. Instead, I would…