Ga. Federal Judge Dismisses Lawyer's Defamation Case Against Ill. Newspaper



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ATLANTA - A federal judge in Georgia has dismissed a defamation action brought against an Illinois publisher that printed an article critical of an attorney's representation of a silicosis client. Monge v. Madison County Record, Inc., et al., No. 1:10-cv-0037-SCJ (N.D. Ga.).

Judge Steve C. Jones ruled on Aug. 3 that attorney Scott Monge could not prevail on defamation and other claims he brought against the Madison County Record Inc. and its reporter for an article on the disposition of a silicosis case in Texas and the trial judge's comments on plaintiff's counsel.

Monge was retained in 2004 as local …






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