Defamation Suit Demanding Elsevier Retract Paper Heads Closer To Trial
Retraction Watch reports: A trial date has been set in a $1 billion defamation case against Elsevier that alleges the company published what plaintiffs say was a manipulated study about an air purifying technology over objections from peer reviewers. The case has already cost Elsevier a $10,000 sanction from a judge. Global Plasma Solutions (GPS), which makes air quality products, sued Elsevier…
A trial date has been set for a $1 billion defamation case against Elsevier, with allegations that the company published a manipulated study about an air purifying technology. The plaintiffs, Global Plasma Solutions (GPS), claim that Elsevier published a 2021 paper in Building and Environment that omitted data and contained misleading conclusions, resulting in significant financial losses for GPS.
Despite GPS's objections, Elsevier proceeded with the article, leading GPS to file the lawsuit. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Keesler allowed the case to proceed, stating that GPS has plausibly alleged actual malice by Elsevier. Chief Judge Martin Reidinger of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina upheld Keesler's recommendation. The case has already resulted in a $10,000 sanction against Elsevier.
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