Legal Opinion
Bitner v. Ottumwa Community School District
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 22, 1996No. 95-135PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREASEN, Justice.
Dan Bitner, a former elementary principal in the Ottumwa Community School District, brought a defamation suit against: (1) the school district, its superintendent, Joe Scalzo, and its business manager, Max Miller (collectively referred to as school district); (2) Firs-tar Bank Ottumwa and its teller, Kelly Smallwood (collectively referred to as bank); and (3) Estal & Associates, P.C. and the firm’s certified public accountants, Gerald H. Estal and Donald D. Kain (collectively referred to as Estal). The petition sought damages for the publication of defamatory statements…
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