{"id":27662,"date":"2016-04-26T17:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=27662"},"modified":"2019-02-04T13:22:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T18:22:19","slug":"radical-defamation-case-political-candidate-v-gop-pols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=27662","title":{"rendered":"Radical defamation case: political candidate v GOP pols"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Good for the judge! I don’t know how this will turn out, but the judge’s decision defies the commonly held idea that you can’t win a defamation case against public figures. (And drat! The New York Law Journal doesn’t name names in this abstract. UPDATE: see below.)<\/p>\n

Lawsuit by Candidate Who Says Flyer Defamed Him Proceeds<\/em><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

Ben Bedell<\/a>, New York Law Journal<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

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Observing that “politics is too often a dirty business,” a judge has allowed a defamation claim to go to trial against a veteran Republican political consultant, a former GOP candidate for governor and a conservative radio talk show host.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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UPDATE 4\/28\/2016. Here’s the caption. Eager or enterprising readers can now go into the New York State Supreme Court data base and read the complaint and this decision. I suspect the named defendant, “Stone,” is Roger Stone, but I can’t dig around for confirmation without saving this update first. So I will. And will come back if get more.<\/p>\n

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Redlich v. Stone, 109005\/11<\/h1>\n

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