Credit: Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock.com Federal Judge Clears Way for Student's Defamation Lawsuit Against Shenandoah University
"If Doe provides supporting evidence of this allegation after discovery, a jury could conclude that the qualified privilege arguably enjoyed by the University and its employees was lost," wrote U.S. District Judge Thomas T. Cullen of the Western District of Virginia.
July 14, 2022 at 11:41 AM
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A federal judge is allowing a former physician assistant student's defamation lawsuit to continue against Shenandoah University, finding the plaintiff adequately alleged that officials made published statements that may be provably false and that contain the requisite "sting" of defamation.
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