Lassonde v. Stanton

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing recovery of damages for harm to reputation without proof of special damages under doctrine of libel per se
• finding breach of contract where defendants failed to show legal excuse for not paying under contract
• upholding a damage award to a home contractor in a defamation per se case despite the absence of proof of damages
• “Appellate questions not presented in a notice of appeal are generally considered waived by this court.”
• “Appellate questions not presented in a notice of appeal are generally considered waived by this court.”
• a public controversy must “affect the general public or some segment of it in an appreciable way”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).