Date: 10-24-2014

Case Style: David Stutzman v. Don Kerr

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Judge: Patrick Grady

Court: District Court, Linn County, Oklahoma

Plaintiff's Attorney: Richard Pundt

Defendant's Attorney: Mo Sheronick

Description: Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa - David Stutzman sued Cedar Rapids City Councilor Don Kerr on a slander theory claiming that by saying that Stutzman knew about pier-Built house in the Cedar Rapids area during a City Council meeting on October 25, 2011. Plaintiff claimed that Kerr's comments during the City Council meeting were malicious, reckless and untrue. The City Council voted to prohibit pier-bult homes without continuous frost-free foundations. Kerr said that Stutzman built a pier-built home in Linn County in 1998 without proper permits and was ordered to tear it down but it was destroyed by a fire before that could be done.

Kerr claimed that all of his comments were non-slanderous opinions and not statements of fact.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $140,000.00.

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