Lara v. Thomas

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing “[sjlanderous imputations affecting a person in his or her business, trade, profession, or office” as slander per se
• holding “slanderous imputations affecting a person in his or her business, trade, profession, or office are also actionable without proof of actual harm”
• noting that “the gist of an action for libel or slander is the publication of written or oral statements which tend to injure a person’s reputation and good name”
• concluding discharge for conduct which conforms to public policy creates a chilling effect on public policy by indirectly forcing employees to forego the conduct
• concluding discharge for conduct which conforms to public policy creates a chilling effect on public policy by indirectly forcing employees to forego the conduct
• permitting discharge for conduct which conforms to public policy would create a chilling effect on public policy by indirectly forcing employees to forego the conduct

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).