112027P.pdf   06/08/2012  Jessica Cockram  v.  Genesco, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-2027
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Smith and Colloton, Circuit
   Judges]
   Civil case - Defamation. In action alleging defamation and false light
   invasion of privacy, the district court erred in finding the statements in
   question were substantially true; plaintiff was a private figure, not a
   limited purpose public figure, and needed to only show negligence to
   recover for defamation; plaintiff provided sufficient evidence that
   defendant's statements, which arguably portrayed her as a racist, caused
   her reputational harm; as plaintiff established all of the elements of the tort
   of defamation under Missouri law, the district court erred in granting the
   defendant summary judgment on her claim for defamation; Missouri
   would not recognize plaintiff's false light of invasion of privacy claim, and
   the district court did not err in dismissing the claim.