2017 November 3

Paderewski Society Home (Niagara) v. Skorski, 2017 ONSC 6594

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice awarded the plaintiff non-profit company $10,000 general damages over certain defamatory allegations by the defendants in an article posted on the “Mayorgate” website on January 15, 2014.  The defamatory article remained on that website until this judgment was pronounced on November 3, 2017. The Court also granted an injunction requiring removal of the defamatory article.  [Note: An appeal has been filed to the Ontario Court of Appeal.]