2016 January 19

Weagle v. Sandland, 2016 NBQB 16

The Trial Division of the New Brunswick Court of Queen’s Bench dismissed an application by the defendant VT for summary judgment or an order striking the libel claim arising from a Facebook post allegedly made by a defendant noted in default and shared by the defendant VT, who was not noted in default. Although the allegedly defamatory post did not mention the plaintiff’s name, the judge concluded that there was “arguably a potential for identification should the matter proceed.“