Kim Brown v. Christian Brothers University

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that unless the opposing party has been unfairly prejudiced by the introduction of the original evidence, the door has not been opened
• explaining that a claim for negligent supervision of an employee requires proof of negligence and “that the employer had knowledge of the employee’s unfitness for the job”
• finding no special relationship between the plaintiff and his friend to whom the statements at issue were made
• “only statements that are false are actionable in a defamation case; truth is, almost universally, a defense.”
• “A motion for directed verdict provides a vehicle for deciding questions of law . . . . ”
• “[F]alse imprisonment requires that the defendant must have acted without probable cause” under Tennessee law.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).