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Brown v. Davita Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Nov 14, 2011
CIVIL ACTION NO. 09-3892 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 14, 2011)

Summary

In Brown v. Davita, 09-2892, 2011 WL 5523823 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 14, 2011), the plaintiff admitted that she knew of the statements and who spoke them by a certain time, but claimed that she was unaware that she had a cause of action against the speaker until after she retained an attorney.

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Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 09-3892

11-14-2011

JENNIFER BROWN, Plaintiff, v. DAVITA INC., CHRISTOPHER PAUL, LINDA GAETO AND JILL TORTUAL, Defendants.


ORDER

AND NOW, this 10th day of November, 2011, upon consideration of Defendants' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings as to Plaintiff's Defamation Claim (Document No. 44, filed October 6, 2011), Plaintiff Jennifer Brown's Reply in Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Document No. 45, filed October 24, 2011), and Defendants' Reply in Support of their Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Document No. 46, filed October 25, 2011), IT IS ORDERED that Defendants' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings as to Plaintiff's Defamation Claim is GRANTED.

BY THE COURT:

Hon. Jan E. DuBois

JAN E. DUBOIS, J.


Summaries of

Brown v. Davita Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Nov 14, 2011
CIVIL ACTION NO. 09-3892 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 14, 2011)

In Brown v. Davita, 09-2892, 2011 WL 5523823 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 14, 2011), the plaintiff admitted that she knew of the statements and who spoke them by a certain time, but claimed that she was unaware that she had a cause of action against the speaker until after she retained an attorney.

Summary of this case from Weinik v. Temple Univ. of Commonwealth Sys. of Higher Educ.
Case details for

Brown v. Davita Inc.

Case Details

Full title:JENNIFER BROWN, Plaintiff, v. DAVITA INC., CHRISTOPHER PAUL, LINDA GAETO…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Nov 14, 2011

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 09-3892 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 14, 2011)

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