Legal Opinion
Ghanam v. Does
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided January 2, 2014No. Docket No. 312201PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilder, J.
Appellant, Joseph Munem, appeals by leave granted from the circuit court’s order denying his motion for a protective order barring discovery. Plaintiff seeks to depose Munem to discover the identities of persons who allegedly made defamatory statements about him on an Internet message board. Munem seeks to keep the identities of those people anonymous. We reverse and remand for the trial court to enter judgment in favor of defendants.
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Plaintiff is the deputy superintendent of the department of public works for the city of Warren. He filed a complaint alleging a single count of defamation per…
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