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· 3/30/2004

Mayflower Transit, LLC v. Prince

Citations

  • 314 F. Supp. 2d 362
  • 70 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1814
  • 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6908
  • 2004 WL 859281

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that publication prong had been met where statements in question were posted to the internet
  • distinguishing between defamation and product disparagement in a case involving a corporation that provided moving, shipping and storage services
  • denying summary judgment for plaintiff where it failed to show that its loss was directly caused by defendant’s statements
  • “the need to prove such special damages requires that Plaintiffs ‘allege either the loss of particular' customers by name, or a general diminution in its business, and extrinsic facts showing that such special damages were the natural and direct result of the false publication’ ”

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