Van Horne v. Muller

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• holding that plaintiff adequately alleged that a morning radio host and his sidekick “both participated in the publication” of the same defamatory story
• holding that “[a]ll persons who cause or participate in the publication of libelous or slanderous matters are responsible for such publication”
• finding that an employee’s history of outrageous and offensive conduct did not suffice to put his employer on notice that the employee would make false, defamatory statements if hired as a radio deejay
• noting the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injury is the employer’s negligence in hiring or retaining the employee rather than the employee’s wrongful act
• noting the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injury is the employer's negligence in hiring or retaining the employee rather than the employee's wrongful act
• requiring proof that “particular unfitness” of chosen agent or employee “proximately caused the plaintiff's injury” in negligent selection case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).