Opinion
Civil Action 22-2942
05-19-2023
JANET MONGE, Plaintiff v. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA et al., Defendants
ORDER
GENE E.K. PRATTER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
And now this 18 day of May, 2023, upon consideration of Defendants Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. d/b/a The New Yorker and Teen Vogue, Ezra Lerner, Heather A. Thompson, Associated Newspapers Limited d/b/a The Daily Mail, Adam Schrader, ESPN Inc. d/b/a Andscape, Linn Washington, Nicole Froio, Guardian News & Media Limited d/b/a The Guardian, Ed Pilkington, NYP Holdings, Inc, d/b/a New York Post, Jackson O'Bryan a/k/a Blake Montgomery, The New York Times Company, Michael Levenson, The Slate Group, LLC, and Elaine Ayers (collectively, “the Media Defendants”) Motion to Dismiss Dr. Janet Monge's Amended Complaint (Doc. No. 53), Dr. Monge's Memorandum of Law in Opposition to the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 80), the Media Defendants' Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 95), and Dr. Monge's Supplemental Memorandum in Support of Her Response to the Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (Doc. No. 102), it is hereby ORDERED as follows, for the reasons set forth in the accompanying memorandum:
1. The Media Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED WITH PREJUDICE as to the defamation, defamation by implication, and false light claims against the New Yorker and Ms. Thompson on the grounds that they are protected by Pennsylvania's fair report privilege, and as to the New York Times and Mr. Levenson on the grounds that the claims against them are time-barred by the statute of limitations, 2. The Media Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED WITH PREJUDICE as to the defamation claim against the Daily Mail and Mr. Schrader; the Guardian and Mr. Pilkington; the New York Post and Mr. O'Bryan; Andscape and Ms. Washington; and Teen Vogue and Mr. Lerner.
3. The Media Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED WITHOUT PREJUDICE as to the defamation by implication claim against Slate and Ms. Ayers; Andscape, Ms. Froio, and Ms. Washington; and Teen Vogue and Ezra Lerner.
4. The Media Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED WITHOUT PREJUDICE as to the false light claim. .
5. The Media Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED WITHOUT PREJUDICE as to the civil aiding and abetting claim.