Staheli v. Smith

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• holding that one goal of single publication rule is “to protect the defendant from ... a continuous tolling of the statute of limitations ...”
• holding that dean refusing to recommend tenure for professor was exercising a discretionary duty
• holding that statements made in course of decision process concerning grant of academic tenure to particular individual not of public concern because it \was essentially an employment dispute” and \occurred in a very confidential setting and had a very limited audience”
• finding qualified privilege protected communications between college dean and faculty senate concerning plaintiff professor’s tenure application
• statute of limitations in suit for defamatory material does not begin to run until reasonable discovery of the material
• discovery rule applies to time of accrual of defamation action under Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-35

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