Elicier v. Toys\ R\ US, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the mere fact that some Toys “R” Us employees may have heard a rumor that the plaintiff was terminated for dealing drugs does not prove reckless publication
• “imposing a duty of affirmative verification is not consistent with the conditional privilege”
• conditional privilege applies to alleged defamatory statement about employee’s performance made during private meeting to those who shared a “direct interest in monitoring the plaintiffs performance”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).