John D. Semida v. Thomas R. Rice, Arab Essa Haid

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• noting that substantially contemporaneous distributions of a document within the same organization to individuals with a direct interest in the matter “should be considered part of an aggregate communication for purposes of applying the single publication rule”
• \The single publication rule set forth in Restatement (Second) Torts § 577A is followed in Virginia.\ (citing Morrissey v. Morrow & Co., Inc. , 739 F.2d 962 , 967 (4th Cir. 1984)
• “While there was evidence that Haid deliberately interfered with the [corporation’s] contract, his improper conduct gave no rise to a cause of action by [the individual]. Rather [the corporation] was the injured party, and it has not joined in this litigation.”

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