Michael Steele v. Elizabeth Nichole Taber

── Michael Steele v. Elizabeth Nichole Taber ── Case No.: 22A-CT-00925 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 17, 2023 Author: Judge Nancy Vaidik County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Bailey concur Michael C. Steele dated Elizabeth Nichole Taber for a time before they broke up in July 2018. Within days, Steele, a licensed Indiana attorney acting pro se, sued Taber. He eventually amended his complaint to include five counts: defamation (written/libel), defamation (spoken/slander), malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and defamation (false light). Taber hired an attorney who successfully moved for dismissal of the last three counts and for summary judgment on the first two.