OBSIDIAN FINANCE GROUP, LLC v. COX

No. 3:11-cv-57-HZ.

OBSIDIAN FINANCE GROUP, LLC, and KEVIN D. PADRICK, Plaintiffs, v. CRYSTAL COX, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Oregon, Portland Division.

March 27, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Wilker , David S. Aman , TONKON TORP LLP, Portland, Oregon, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

Benjamin N. Souede , ANGELI LAW GROUP, LLC Portland, Oregon,

Eugene Volokh , MAYER BROWN, LLP UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California. Attorneys for Defendant

Richard D. McLeod , KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP, Portland, Oregon,

Matthew J. Zimmerman , ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, San Francisco, California, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation.


OPINION & ORDER

MARCO A. HERNANDEZ, District Judge.

After a one-day trial on November 29, 2011, the jury awarded $2.5 million in damages to plaintiffs Obsidian Finance Group, LLC and Kevin Padrick1 on plaintiffs' defamation claim brought against defendant Crystal Cox.2 Judgment was filed on December 8, 2011.

Defendant moves for a new trial, arguing that the jury instructions misstated...

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