Stone v. McMichen

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Laurence M. Stone brought an action against John E. McMichen, Kobe Farms Beef, Inc. (Kobe Farms) and East Coast Engineering, Inc. (East Coast), seeking, in pertinent part, damages for alleged defamatory statements made by defendant McMichen. The evidence adduced at trial showed that McMichen is the president of Kobe Farms and East Coast. Kobe Farms was in business as a wholesale beef producing and processing company and East Coast is an electrical engineering company. Plaintiff began work as the general manager of Kobe Farms in September 1982. By November 1982…