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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Legal News@lemmy.zip · 4 months ago

Appeals Court: Yes, Suing The Family Of People You Killed In A Car Crash For Defamation Is A SLAPP Suit

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Appeals Court: Yes, Suing The Family Of People You Killed In A Car Crash For Defamation Is A SLAPP Suit

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This one is from a couple months ago, but I finally had a chance to catch up on some older stories. In late 2023, we wrote about one of the most egregious SLAPP suits we’d ever seen. In a case that…
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    After all the advances we have made as a species, why haven’t we found a way to rid ourselves of scummy people like this? There’s just SO MANY of them, and they ruin EVERYTHING!

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      Yeah fuck this guy.

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    SLAPP lawsuit wikipedia

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    What is a SLAPP suit

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      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8bJb8biZU

      Not everyone likes John Oliver. But for the people who do, the end of this segment contains one of the best John Oliver payoffs of all time.

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      think about how you asked this when you have the internet at your fingertips….
      google it

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    Maybe I missed it, but were there any consequences for filing the SLAPP? The suit was tossed, which is a good start, but then what? The article made it sound like California has anti-SLAPP laws, but were they applied here?

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      Yeah. They said it’s now righted the wrong, but I don’t think so.

      Usually, the anti-SLAPP statute specifies that the SLAPPing party needs to pay the defendant’s legal fees, but in this case they were represented pro bono by a high-profile attorney, so maybe that’s the only remedy and it just didn’t apply.

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