Harrel v. Dillards Department Stores, Inc.

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• holding that the trial court erred in sending the case to the jury on the count of compelled self-defamation in light of Layne, which explicitly refused to recognize the tort of compelled self-defamation
• holding that the trial court erred in sending the case to the jury on the count of compelled self-defamation in light of Layne, which explicitly refused to recognize the tort of compelled self-defamation
• noting that one of the reasons for rejecting the tort of compelled self-defamation is that the tort \would unduly burden the free communication of views\
• noting that one of the reasons for rejecting the tort of compelled self-defamation is that the tort “would unduly burden the free communication of views”
• “we will leave the question open for a future decision of whether defamatory statements or opinions made among an investigatory group should be considered a publication”
• “Appellate courts should not create new causes of action. Our supreme court and legislature are capable of and primarily responsible for deciding the need for new causes of action.”

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