VERITY v. USA TODAY

Docket No. 45530.

436 P.3d 653 (2019)

James VERITY and Sarahna Verity, Husband and Wife, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. USA TODAY, a Division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; KTVB, a Division of King Broadcasting Company, a Washington Corporation; KGW, a Division of Sander Operating Co. III, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; Tami Tremblay, an Individual; Stephen Reilly, an Individual, Defendants-Appellants, and John/Jane Does. Defendants.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, September 2018 Term.

Filed: March 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Givens Pursley LLP, Boise, attorneys for Appellants. Debora K. Kristensen argued.

Shep Law Group, Meridian, attorneys for Respondents. Ronald Shepherd argued.

Charles A. Brown , Lewiston, and Ballard Spahr LLP, Washington D.C., attorneys for amici curiae.


I. NATURE OF THE CASE

This is a permissive appeal that presents a case of first impression regarding whether the tort of defamation by implication exists in Idaho. Respondent James Verity was a school teacher in Oregon who lost his teaching license after engaging in an inappropriate relationship with an eighteen-year-old...

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