Tumbarella v. the Kroger Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• security officers had qualified privilege to report suspicions of employee’s theft of merchandise to management personnel responsible for hiring and firing
• the mother’s allegation that the father had sexually abused their minor daughter was defamation per se because the allegation effectively accused the father of committing a crime
• the mother's allegation that the father had sexually abused their minor daughter was defamation per se because the allegation effectively accused the father of committing a crime
• “In cases involving questions of intent, credibility or state of mind, summary judgement is hardly ever appropriate.”
• “[A]n employer has the qualified privilege to defame an employee by publishing statements to other employees whose duties interest them in the same subject matter.”
• “In cases involving questions of intent, credibility or state of mind, summary judgement is hardly ever appropriate.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).