Live Oak Publishing Co. v. Cohagan

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• holding that libel defendant is not liable for plaintiffs reasonable republication, where republication was not coerced
• noting that in the employment context, a plaintiff may have a strong compulsion to republish wrongful grounds for termination to prospective employers in order to explain away negative inferences that will be learned through investigation of the plaintiff's prior employment
• affirming dismissal of libel cause of action because plaintiff published the defamatory statements itself

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