Chancery court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over defamation tort claims.
Day on Torts
MAY 24, 2022
Where the gravamen of plaintiff’s complaint was his tort claim for defamation seeking unliquidated damages, the chancery court did not have subject matter jurisdiction and the case should have been transferred to circuit court. The trial court denied the motion and ultimately found for plaintiff. In Lowery v.
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