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· 7/30/2012

Daniel B. Eisenstein v. WTVF-TV, News Channel 5 Network, LLC

Citations

  • 389 S.W.3d 313
  • 2012 WL 3090307
  • 2012 Tenn. App. LEXIS 515

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that literal truth is not a defense to a false light claim if “the angle from which the facts are presented, or the omission of certain material facts, results in placing the plaintiff in a false light.”
  • \It appears that at one time the fair report privilege required an absence of malice.\
  • “if the plaintiff is a public official or public figure, the appropriate standard for false light claims is actual malice”

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Judges: Judge Andy D. Bennett

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