2nd Circuit Upholds Dismissal of 'Today Show' Defamation Suit
U.S. District Court in Manhattan was right to dismiss target shooting equipment maker Tannerite Sports' defamation complaint against NBCUniversal News Group, said the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an order (in Pacer) Tuesday. Judges Dennis Jacobs, Rosemary Pooler…
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and Geoffrey Crawford, upholding the lower court's 2015 decision in favor of NBCU's motion to dismiss, said Tannerite must plead facts showing falsity in order to prevail on the motion to dismiss. Tannerite -- the maker of exploding shooting targets -- sued after a Today segment and accompanying online article described the products as bombs, but the appellate court said the targets' primary purpose is explosion, making that bomb description substantially true. It also said the lower court was right to deny a Tannerite motion to amend since that motion didn't identify particular facts that would be introduced in an amended complaint. Tannerite didn't comment.