Legal Opinion
Dugan v. Mittal Steel USA Inc.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 17, 2010No. 45S05-1002-CV-121PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DICKSON, Justice.
In this action for defamation per se and intentional infliction of emotional distress, the plaintiff appeals from the grant of summary judgment for the defendants. The Court of Appeals reversed in part. Dugan v. Mittal Steel USA, Inc., 911 N.E.2d 692 (Ind.Ct.App.2009). We granted transfer and now affirm the grant of summary judgment, concluding that the material facts are not in dispute and that a qualified privilege applies to preclude the defamation action.
The plaintiff, Christine Dugan, was working for Mittal Steel in 2004 when the defendant Jay Komorowski, a supervisor at…
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