Mulgrew v. City of Taunton

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• holding that statements made by plaintiff's supervisor to hiring committee regarding plaintiff’s past job performance were protected by a qualified privilege
• explaining that a defendant who knowingly or recklessly publishes a defamatory statement is not entitled to conditional privilege
• affirming summary judgment against claim that employer breached privacy by voicing reasonable suspicions about plaintiffs work ability
• no excessive publication where chief of police made statement to committee charged with recommending to city council whether plaintiff should be reinstated as police officer
• no violation where police officer informed cadets of fellow cadet’s dismissal for failing a drug test
• letter by chief of police to the town council responding to a request regarding the reinstatement of an officer was written as part of official duties and was therefore privileged

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