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Webb v. Virginian-Pilot Media Cos.

FILED status graphic: Webb v. Virginian-Pilot Media Cos.. 122024 Webb v. Virginian-Pilot Media Cos. 01/10/2014 In a defamation case in which plaintiff alleges that he has been defamed -- not by statements of fact that are literally true but by an implication arising from them -- the alleged implication must be reasonable. In this case, the implication that may reasonably be drawn from the newspaper article sued upon is not defamatory, and the alleged defamatory implication plaintiff ascribes to it cannot reasonably be drawn. Accordingly, the circuit c…
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