Media & Entertainment Law

In Bojko v. Lima, Mary Anne Bojko, coach of the East Hartford High School girls? Swim Team sued Laurie Lima, the mother of the team?s captain, Hope Lima. The dispute started with a disagreement between Bojko and Lima over a team banquet and disintegrated into Lima calling her daughter?s coach a pedophile. According to the Court?s decision, Lima didn?t stop there:

During the bench (as opposed to jury) trial in which she represented herself, Lima admitted that she had no evidence that Bojko was a pedophile. The court even cited evidence that Lima?s daughter didn?t support her mother?s allegations. In an email to the school?s principal, Hope Lima wrote ?I told my mom that she may have misunderstood me (or else she just likes to lie for the hell of it).?

With a complete lack of evidence supporting Lima?s claims, the Court ruled in favor of Bojko, on all of her claims: libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress, tortious intererence with business expectancy, false light invasion of privacy, and vexatious litigation (on account of Lima?s admittedly baseless counterclaim).