Palazzo v. Willamette Week [1]

On March 4, 2009, Randall Palazzo, a custom home builder in Oregon, sued the Willamette Week, a local newspapaper that also publishes a website [2], for defamation.  According to OregonLive [2], several editors and staffers, including Ian Gillingham, the paper's web editor, were also named as defendants. 

The lawsuit concerns a March 12, 2008 story [3] in the paper's "Rogue of the Week" column, which reported neighborhood complaints about rude and aggressive behavior by Palazzo and his employees.  The Willamette Week posted [4] a correction to the original article and let Palazzo Custom Homes publish a lengthy response after the lawsuit was filed, according to Palazzo's attorney (see comment below).

OregonLive [2] reports that the complaint seeks to hold the Willamette Week liable for publishing defamatory user comments, despite the obstacle to such a claim posed by section 230 of the Communications Decency Act [5].