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SUMMIT BANK v. ROGERS

No. A129800.

206 Cal.App.4th 669 (2012)

142 Cal. Rptr. 3d 40

SUMMIT BANK, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROBERT ROGERS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

May 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sweeney, Mason, Wilson & Bosomworth, Kurt E. Wilson , and Scott A. Mangum , for Defendant and Appellant.

Law Offices of Steven B. Piser , Steven B. Piser, J. Scott Isherwood ; Esner, Chang & Boyer and Andrew N. Chang , for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Leland Chan , for California Bankers Association, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

RUVOLO, P. J.—

I.

INTRODUCTION

Summit Bank (the Bank) sued its former employee Robert Rogers (Rogers) for posting allegedly defamatory messages on a section of the Craigslist.org Internet Web site (Craigslist) entitled "Rants and Raves." The Bank alleged that Rogers, "under the guise of anonymity, made false and libelous statements about [the Bank's] operations, the integrity of its chief executive officer...

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