Kelly v. Diocese of Corpus Christi

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• reviewing court must affirm a directed verdict even if the trial court's rationale for granting the directed verdict is erroneous, provided the verdict can be supported on another basis
• civil conspiracy claim precluded where plaintiffs were collaterally estopped from relitigating central issue of false testimony
• civil conspiracy claim precluded where plaintiffs were collaterally estopped from relitigating central issue of false testimony
• slander plaintiff must plead and prove special damages in order to recover for defamation per quod
• slander plaintiff must plead and prove special damages in order to recover for defamation per quod
• slander plaintiff must plead and prove special damages in order to recover for defamation per quod

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).