Herrera v. C & M Victor Co.

Plaintiff is a former public employee who sued defendant for defamation and tortious interference with an employment relationship after defendant’s agent made various accusations against plaintiff during a 9-1-1 call and in a message to plaintiffs supervisor. As clarified in litigation, the defamation claim encompassed allegations of both ordinary defamation, resulting in special damages, and defamation per se. In its answer, defendant denied certain of the allegations in plaintiffs complaint, raised affirmative defenses related to privilege, and asserted a counterclaim for attorney fees…