A Georgia suit will test whether comments made in a press release about a lawsuit constitute libel. Infinite Energy charges that comments made by attorney David L. Pardue, who represents plaintiffs in a now-dismissed class action targeting Infinite for deceptive trade practices, were "false, malicious, and defamatory," and names Pardue and his then-firm as defendants in a defamation suit. Legal experts say Infinite may have a high bar to clear to meet the libel standard, and that the suit may simply be a tactical move.
December 11, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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A Fulton County, Ga., suit tests whether comments made in a press release about a lawsuit constitute libel.
In a complaint (pdf) filed last month in Fulton County Superior Court, Infinite Energy charges that comments made by attorney David L. Pardue, a partner with Hartman, Simons, Spielman & Wood until he left for Adorno & Yoss in January, were “false, malicious, and defamatory,” and names the lawyer, Hartman Simons and Poston Communications as defendants in a one-count defamation suit.
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