Dixon v. Economy Co.

This is an action for libel. The trial court granted summary judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff argues that there was a publication of the allegedly libelous letter, to the author's secretary and to the plaintiff's wife; further, that the statement was made with malice and so was not privileged.

Mike Dixon was employed by The Economy Company, from 1980 until 1982, as a promoter of the company's school textbooks. On April 21, 1982, Jim Harrell, Dixon's district sales manager, terminated Dixon's employment. Dixon requested a letter for the Department of Industrial Relations so that he might…