Sheppard v. Nicholas

OPINION

GOURLEY, Senior District Judge.

This civil non-jury proceeding has been filed and jurisdiction exists based on diversity of citizenship and the requisite jurisdictional amount. The Court has afforded the parties a full and complete trial and has considered the briefs and argument of counsel. Based thereon, the conclusion is compelled that plaintiff is not entitled to any recovery for asserted defamatory statements made by defendants.

The facts may be summarized as follows. Plaintiff was employed by the James H. Mathews Company (hereinafter “Mathews”) from 1961 to March 24, 1972, as a…