Moriarty v. Greene

How courts have described this case

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• noting that protected opinion forecloses a false light claim
• a statement is actionable if a defendant is claiming to be in possession of objectively verifiable facts, rather than exploring a “subjective view, an interpretation, a theory, conjecture or surmise”
• “Only statements capable of being proven true or false are actionable; opinions are not.”
• whether statement is protected opinion is a question of law

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