Legal Question in Employment Law in Louisiana

My daughter's employement was terminated this summer from a non-profit organization in Louisiana. She and another staff memeber were both accused of breaking the same rule. The other staff member, son of the business manager, was not terminated. My husband and I have contacted several member of the business's Board of Directors and were told by one member to write a detailed letter of the circumstances to all Board members. We have done this and received a phone call today that we will be sued for slander by the business manager and his wife. Can this really happen? What can I do? We were very carefull to only include facts that can be proven in our letters. Please help!


Asked on 8/19/10, 2:45 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Martha Amanda Mandi Lucas Mandie Seale Lucas

While there are no guarantees that someone won't sue, in order to prove slander there would have to have been a statement containing non-factual information which is published with the intent to do harm to someone's reputation and which, in fact, does cause harm to someone's reputation. It would be necessary to show objective damages. If you are actually served with a damage suit, then you would need to hire an attorney to defend you.

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Answered on 8/24/10, 5:14 pm


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