Robert C. White v. Fraternal Order of Police

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• holding that factually accurate report that plaintiff failed drug test supported false and defamatory inference that plaintiff used illegal drugs
• holding that factually accurate report that plaintiff failed drug test supported false and defamatory inference that plaintiff used illegal drugs
• holding that the privileges and defenses applicable to a defamation claim apply to a false light claim based on the same facts
• finding that “any omissions by the [speaker] were immaterial because the same impressions would have been created if the omitted material had been included”
• requiring that “a defamatory inference can reasonably be drawn,” and that there be “additional, affirmative evidence suggesting that the defendant intends or endorses the defamatory inference”
• noting that “once the publication has been found capable of a defamatory meaning[ ] [a] defendant may escape liability if the defamatory meaning is established as true or as constitutionally protected expression”

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