Digital Media Law Project
Published on Digital Media Law Project (https://www.dmlp.org)

Home > Chick v. Kuziw

Chick v. Kuziw [1]

Submitted by DMLP Staff on Mon, 09/10/2007 - 15:55

Summary

Threat Type: 

Lawsuit

Date: 

03/14/2006

Status: 

Concluded

Disposition: 

Settled (total)

Location: 

California

Verdict or Settlement Amount: 

N/A

Legal Claims: 

Defamation
The owner of the Chicks Sporting Goods chain, which has stores in Southern California, sued James Kuziw for defamation over content on his MySpace page. Later, Chicks Sporting Goods Inc. was added as a plaintiff, and another defendant was named. The defendants... read full description
Parties

Party Issuing Legal Threat: 

James Chick; Chicks Sporting Goods

Party Receiving Legal Threat: 

James Kuziw; Intermix Media Inc.

Type of Party: 

Individual
Organization

Type of Party: 

Individual
Organization

Location of Party: 

  • California

Legal Counsel: 

Daniel Doonan

Legal Counsel: 

Pro se
Description

The owner of the Chicks Sporting Goods chain, which has stores in Southern California, sued James Kuziw for defamation over content on his MySpace page. Later, Chicks Sporting Goods Inc. was added as a plaintiff, and another defendant was named. The defendants have not responded to the suit, but Chick's lawyer informed the court in April 2007 that a settlement was pending. Subsequent hearings have been postponed because the settlement documents were not yet signed.

Update:

6/25/08 - Case dismissed [2] due to settlement

Related Links: 

  • Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino Website: [3]Case Docket [3] (choose "case information online" and perform a search using the case number RS093848 and case type (RCV))
  • MLRC's Legal Actions and Developments Involving Blogs [4]
Details

Web Site(s) Involved: 

MySpace [5]

Content Type: 

  • Text

Publication Medium: 

Social Network

Subject Area: 

  • Defamation
Court Information & Documents

Jurisdiction: 

  • California

Source of Law: 

  • California

Court Name: 

California Superior Court, San Bernardino County

Court Type: 

State

Case Number: 

RCVRS093848

Relevant Documents: 

PDF icon 2008-06-25-Minute Entry Dismissing Case.pdf [6]

DMLP Logo


Source URL (modified on 08/20/2014 - 11:02pm): https://www.dmlp.org/threats/chick-v-kuziw

Links
[1] https://www.dmlp.org/threats/chick-v-kuziw
[2] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2008-06-25-Minute%20Entry%20Dismissing%20Case.pdf
[3] http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/Courts/flash.asp
[4] http://www.medialaw.org/bloggerlawsuits
[5] http://www.myspace.com/
[6] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/dmlp.org/files/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2008-06-25-Minute%20Entry%20Dismissing%20Case.pdf