Legal Question in Employment Law in Indiana

defamation of charecter, Slander?

My husband was let go of his job in 2004. It took him three months to find another, after he started a lady who reported to him said that her boyfriend worked for the place he used to and they told him he was a drug dealer. He now has a different job and just yerterday a girl came up to him and said her mom worked for *** and they told her that he got fired for dealing drugs. That is not what happened. Can they do this a get by with it?


Asked on 3/06/08, 9:21 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Voyle A. Glover Attorney at Law

Re: defamation of charecter, Slander?

Definitely a libelous statement. And he certainly can sue for such defamation. Even if it were true, the company did not have a qualified privilege to give out that information. Since it was not true, they are in even a worse position, legally.

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Answered on 3/06/08, 12:31 pm


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