Legal Question in Employment Law in Washington
if an employee starts a false rumor which is the cause of another employee be removed from their management position, what recourse does the employee who was removed from their position have? They weren't fired, nor was it explained why they were not in that position any longer.
1 Answer from Attorneys
You are asking a question about what the law calls a "tort claim" and it has several aspects: 1) a duty of care owed to the plaintiff by the defendant, 2) breach of that duty of care) 3) damages that are proximately caused by the breach of the duty of care. All have to be proven by a "preponderance of the evidence." Can you show or find evidence of what you claim happened? Does the person who started the rumour owe you a duty of care? (This involves a lot of legal and factual issues). What damages have you suffered that were caused by the actions of the defendant?
Its not a simple paradigm. You need to get all of the facts and your proof of those facts organized and present them to your attorney to get an answer.
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