Lent v. Huntoon

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the privilege to protect legitimate business interests, as recognized in Restatement (Second
• stating that courts should not interfere with jury awards where precise calculation is impossible unless “grossly excessive”
• holding publication to a third party is an element of defamation in Vermont
• applying privilege to corporation that sent letter to a prospective customer accusing the corporation's competitor of dishonesty and incompetence
• showing of malice required to support award of punitive damages in defamation suit
• showing of malice required to support award of punitive damages in defamation suit

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).