Legal Opinion
Burdette v. Carrier Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 14, 2008No. C050299PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, J.
In this defamation action, plaintiff John J. Burdette sued his former employer, Carrier Corporation, and several of Carrier’s employees for slanderous statements made by the employees regarding the circumstances surrounding Burdette’s resignation from Carrier.
Prior to this action, Carrier brought a diversity action against Burdette in the federal district court seeking to recover money it claimed Burdette owed the company. Burdette filed a cross-claim on July 31, 2000, naming Carrier and Anthony Guzzi, its vice-president of sales, as defendants, alleging inter alia that “[o]n…
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