Appeals Granted

Case

PHILLIP D. WEBB v. VIRGINIAN-PILOT MEDIA COMPANIES, LLC
(Record Number 122024)

From

The Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake; R. Smith, Judge.

Counsel

Jeremiah A. Denton, III, Vivile R. Dietrich, Rhiannon M. Jordan, and Jeremiah A. Denton, IV for appellant.

Conrad M. Shumadine and Brett A. Spain (Willcox & Savage, P.C.) for appellee.

Assignments of Error

1. The trial court erred in granting defendant’s Motion to Strike.
2. The trial court erred in granting defendant’s Motion to Declare Plaintiff a Public Official for purposes of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan analysis.

Assignments of Cross-Error

1. The trial court erred in overruling Defendant’s Demurrer and in finding that the article in question created a defamatory false implication.
2. The trial court erred in holding that a Defendant need not intend the defamatory implication for purposes of determining the existence of actual malice.

Date Granted

  09-12-2013