JACOBSON v. CLACK

No. 22-CV-0523.

309 A.3d 571 (2024)

Mark Z. JACOBSON, Ph.D., Appellant, v. Christopher T. M. CLACK, Ph.D., et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 15, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Z. Jacobson, pro se.

Evangeline C. Paschal , Washington, DC, was on the brief for appellee National Academy of Sciences.

Drew W. Marrocco , Washington, DC, was on the brief for appellee Christopher T. M. Clack.

Concurring opinion by Associate Judge Deahl at page 585.


Mark Jacobson filed a defamation suit after a scientific journal published an article criticizing a research paper of his. Jacobson sued the article's lead author, Christopher Clack, and the National Academy of Sciences ("NAS"), which publishes the journal. Jacobson sought more than $10 million in damages from each of them...

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