THERMAL MANAGEMENT, INC. v. Coactive Networks

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETTLEMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Thermal Management, Inc. (“TMI”), filed a two-count complaint against defendant Coactive Aesthetics, Inc. (“Coactive”), a California corporation, on August 10, 1999. 1 Count I alleges that as a direct and proximate result of defendant defaming plaintiff, plaintiff was forced to defend itself in a counterclaim brought by the General Services Administration (“GSA”). Plaintiff requests judgment in excess of $180,000, the amount plaintiff claims was spent on attorney’s fees and costs in GSA administrative hearings. Count II alleges…