Appellate Division, First Department at 27 Madison Ave. Photo: Ryland West/ALM Reversing Lower Court, First Dept. Throws Out Defamation Suit Launched by Former Gawker Editor Against The Daily Beast
The Appellate Division, First Department court indicated the defamation bar was high under state law for "matters of legitimate public concern." It explained that the former high-ranking Gawker editor hadn't cleared the bar in a complaint that contends The Daily Beast's article about her "destroyed" her career and made her "essentially unemployable."
May 22, 2023 at 01:07 PM
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A state appeals court has thrown out a defamation suit leveled by a former Gawker editor against The Daily Beast, ruling that under the "gross irresponsibility" standard for matters of "public concern," the editor's suit alleging she was falsely portrayed as racist and transphobic in an article had failed to state a claim.
The Appellate Division, First Department court indicated that the defamation bar was set high under New York state law for "matters of legitimate public concern." And it explained that Megan Carson Griffith, the former high-ranking Gawker editor and plaintiff in the suit, hadn't cleared the bar in a complaint that contends The Daily Beast's article about her "destroyed" her career and made her "essentially unemployable."
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