Appeal of Pinkerton Academy

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that apparent authority “exists where the principal so conducts itself as to cause a third party to reasonably believe that the agent is authorized to act”
• defining actual authority and noting that apparent authority “exists where the principal so conducts itself as to cause a third party to reasonably believe that the agent is authorized to act” (quoting Boynton v . Figueroa, 154 N.H. 5 9 2 , 604 (2006))
• defamation requires “publi[cation of] a false and defamatory statement of fact about the plaintiff to a third party”
• “In a civil action the burden of proof is generally on the plaintiff to establish its case by a preponderance of the evidence [and] [a]bsent legislative direction to the contrary . . . the general civil burden of proof [applies].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).