2008 October 8

Reaburn v. Langen, 2008 BCSC 1342, appeal dismissed by the Court of Appeal, 2009 BCCA 465

The British Columbia Supreme Court awarded the plaintiff RCMP officer Maw general damages of $20,000 and the plaintiff RCMP officer Reaburn general damages of $22,000 over false and defamatory allegations of criminal misconduct published by the defendant in a newspaper with limited circulation and on a website which was relatively unknown.