The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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Author: Frank B Cross/ Roger LeRoy Miller
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Chapter 6, Problem 1BS
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Case summary: The person R is an employee of DC Corp. The owner D of DC Corp and the person R had a heated argument when D learned about a second accident caused by the person R in the last six months. He fired the person R and wrote a defamatory letter to the union. The person R sued D for libel.
To explain: The liability of the person D towards person R.
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