Kanaga v. Gannett Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting Delaware’s constitutional abuse clause, similar to Iowa’s, and going on to recognize presumed damages for private plaintiff/nonmedia defendant cases
• “a statement of opinion would be actionable if it implies the allegation of undisclosed defamatory facts as the basis for the opinion”
• within context of article, ordinary reader would not know that patient’s opinion that doctor’s care fell below standard of care was conjecture and hence could be viewed as express or implied misstatement of fact
• “It is the context which is critical.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).