Nelson v. Lapeyrouse Grain Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• finding slander claims arising from an investigation and a grievance hearing concerning suspected theft were not preempted because such claims were not \rooted in\ the CBA but were independently actionable under state law
• finding slander claims arising from an investigation and a grievance hearing concerning suspected theft were not preempted because such claims were not \rooted in\ the CBA but were independently actionable under state law
• “Adhering to Gertz …, this Court [in Mead] adopted a negligence standard ….”
• alleged slanderous statements made during course of theft investigation between employee and manager were protected because they were necessary to determine the culpability of the alleged criminal

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