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Statements Constitute Defamation and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress When Made With Actual Malice and When Conduct is Found to be “Extreme and Outrageous”

In the case Al-Aroud v. McCoy, 2021-Ohio-3832, the Fifth District Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision granting judgment in favor of the plaintiffs where the defendant’s acts were intentional and malicious. Here, the plaintiffs brought an action against the defendant alleging defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress after the defendant called a […]