We successfully represented a television station in an appeal from a defense verdict in a defamation case involving statements made by a radio personality concerning a television personality, who was deemed to be a public figure. We successfully obtained an affirmance of the favorable trial court decision in a case addressing several questions of first impression under state law, including the scope of liability of media employers under negligent supervision theories for allegedly defamatory statements made by on-air personalities.
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Divita v. Ziegler