I had a jury trial a couple of weeks ago, in which I represented a small business being sued for defamation. There are two types of defamation: (1) Written defamation, which is called libel; and (2) spoken defamation, which is called slander. My case involved allegations of both libel and slander.  In my case, a former employee accused my client, an employer of seven employees, of defaming him by giving him bad references to prospective employers with whom he had applied for truck driving positions. It took the jury less than hour to render a verdict for my client.

Why did we win? There are several reasons. (more…)