Kanjuka v. Metrohealth Medical Center

{¶ 44} I respectfully dissent.

{¶ 45} Following trial on the limited issue of whether statements made by Dr. Susan Carter, the former Medical Director of the Cancer Care Center at MetroHealth Medical Center, defamed Brigitte Kanjuka, a former practice coordinator who worked there, the jury returned a verdict for Kanjuka, answered interrogatories indicating that the defamatory statements were “depression” and “tardiness,” and awarded her compensatory damages in the amount of $122,000 for those statements. MetroHealth moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or, in the alternative, new…