Legal Opinion
Friedler v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 24, 2003No. 02-3800PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
In 2001, Richard Friedler sued The Equitable Life Assurance Society for allegedly defamatory information that it filed with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) in 1990, which was subsequently transmitted by NASD to a prospective employer ten years later. Because Friedler’s defamation claim was clearly barred by the one-year statute of limitations under Ohio’s “first publication” rale, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court dismissing Friedler’s lawsuit for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. We also AFFIRM the…
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