Legal Opinion
Bolton v. Department of Human Services
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 15, 1995No. C0-94-1711PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRINGER, Justice.
In this matter, respondent Malcolm E. Bolton (Bolton) alleges he was defamed by conduct when a Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center (FFRTC) supervisor accompanied him to the exit door of the FFRTC, without a word spoken, immediately following Bolton’s discharge from employment. Thus we are invited to extend the tort of defamation to conduct alone. Summary judgment in favor of the appellants was reversed by the court of appeals. Because we decline the invitation to recognize a cause of action for defamation by conduct alone, we reverse the court of appeals and…
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