Legal Opinion
Rockwood Bank, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. M. Michael Gaia, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 24, 1999No. 97-4122, 98-1081EMPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWSON, District Judge.
Roekwood Bank appeals following a judgment in a defamation action brought by a bank employee after the president of the bank made certain statements about the employee to bank examiners during routine bank examinations. The employee, M. Michael Gaia, who had been demoted by the bank, sought other employment and was listed as the proposed president within the charter application forms for a new bank. Because of the comments made by the president that were contained within the reports of bank examiners, the Missouri Commissioner of Finance refused to grant the new bank…
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