1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 101 F.3d
  5. 101 F.3d 549 (1996)
 

SCOTT FETZER CO. v. WILLIAMSON

Nos. 95-2966 and 95-3100.

101 F.3d 549 (1996)

SCOTT FETZER COMPANY, Kirby Company Division, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Stan WILLIAMSON, doing business as The Vacuum Doctor, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Kutik, Cleveland, OH, argued (Mark G. Schroeder, St. Paul, MN, on the brief), for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Paul Allan Sortland, Minneapolis, MN, argued, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before LOKEN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The Scott Fetzer Company and its Kirby Company Division appeal from a judgment of the district court1 on Stan Williamson's defamation claim against Kirby. Kirby argues that the defamatory statements made by its attorneys were absolutely privileged, that it cannot be liable for defamatory statements made by its distributor, that the district court erred in denying Kirby's motion for a new trial because Kirby...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases