Jack Sheets v. David Birky, Interra Credit Union, Curt Bechler, and Venture International, LLC.

Case Summary

BAILEY, Judge.

[1] Jack Sheets (“Sheets”) was discharged from his employment with Interra Credit Union ("Interra”). He subsequently filed a complaint alleging that Interra Vice-President David Birky (“Birky”) had committed defamation per se, for which Interra was vicariously liable; and that management consultant Venture International, LLC (“Venture”) and its owner, Curt Bechler (“Bechler”), had been negligent in the monitoring of Sheets’s condition after sick leave, had negligently investigated and reported a hotline call, had breached a fiduciary duty, and had intentionally…