January 16, 2024
The Second Circuit has refused to rehear a doctor's defamation lawsuit against Jackson Lewis PC after the law firm sent a report detailing an internal sexual assault investigation at a Connecticut hospital to key employees at the facility, leaving intact a three-judge panel's decision freeing the firm from the claims.
December 18, 2023
A Connecticut doctor has asked the Second Circuit to rehear a three-judge panel's decision to pull the plug on his lawsuit that accused Jackson Lewis PC of defamation after the firm forwarded a report to hospital employees who sought the firm's assistance with an internal sexual assault and harassment probe.
December 01, 2023
A Second Circuit panel on Friday declined to resuscitate a Connecticut doctor's defamation lawsuit against Jackson Lewis PC, upholding a trial judge's ruling that the firm could not be sued for forwarding a sexual assault and harassment investigation commissioned by a hospital to employees who needed to review it.
November 15, 2023
A Second Circuit panel hinted Wednesday that a law firm likely did not defame a Connecticut doctor when it forwarded an investigation report to hospital employees who needed to review it, suggesting the contents were probably protected by qualified privilege.
July 12, 2023
Jackson Lewis PC has urged the Second Circuit to reject what it called "novel and untested" defamation claims from a Connecticut medical resident who says his reputation was damaged as a result of an investigation the firm was hired to conduct into sexual assault allegations against him.
May 02, 2023
The Second Circuit has reinstated a Connecticut doctor's bid to revive a defamation suit against Jackson Lewis PC, allowing the appeal to continue after previously tossing it for briefing issues.
April 12, 2023
A Connecticut doctor is asking the Second Circuit for another shot at reviving a defamation suit against Jackson Lewis PC — a firm he says harmed his reputation after his hospital hired it to investigate sexual assault allegations against him — on the grounds that his attorney's COVID-19 diagnosis delayed the correction of clerical issues that got the appeal tossed.
March 15, 2023
A doctor is pressing the Second Circuit to revive his claims that Jackson Lewis PC, which was hired by the hospital where the physician worked to investigate sexual assault claims against him, shared defamatory statements not only to his employer but also to third parties.