Legal Opinion
Puckett v. McKinney
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided March 21, 1978No. 2-1176A438PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASE SUMMARY
BUCHANAN, J. —
Plaintiff-Appellant, Clara Puckett (Puckett) appeals from a judgment on the evidence in an action for defamation of character and interference with contractual expectancy brought by her against Defendants-Appellees, Robert and Carolyn McKinney, claiming the defense of qualified privilege was waived and the judgment on the evidence for Robert McKinney (McKinney) was improper.
We affirm.
FACTS
The facts and evidence most favorable to the trial court’s judgment are:
Puckett was employed as a teacher at Triton North Elementary School in the Northwestern Consolidated School…
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