Wilson v. Harvey

Colleen Conway Cooney, Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Jeffrey R. Wilson, appeals the trial court’s decision directing a verdict in favor of defendants-appellees, Alexander Harvey, Yixing Chen, and Michael Marcello. Finding no merit to the appeal, we affirm.

{¶ 2} In April 2004, Wilson filed an action against appellees for defamation, invasion of privacy, and civil conspiracy. The matter proceeded before a jury, where the following evidence was presented.

{¶ 3} In March 2004, the parties were students at Case Western Reserve University (“Case”) and resided on the same floor of a campus…