Great Coastal Express, Inc. v. Ellington

How courts have described this case

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• holding that employer’s accusation that plaintiff had attempted to “bribe” a fellow employee to alter his truck in violation of company policy imputed an accusation that the plaintiff had committed “commercial bribery” under Title 18.2, Chapter 10
• holding that a charge of commercial bribery was defamatory per se
• distinguishing “New York Times malice” from “common-law malice, a different and broader concept”
• distinguishing “New York Times malice” from “common-law malice, a different and broader concept”
• collecting impeachment cases and using them in defamation case

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