Legal Opinion
Diplomat Electric, Inc. v. Westinghouse Electric Supply Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 29, 1970No. 27818PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORIE L. PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
Diplomat Electric, Inc.,1 brought this action against Westinghouse Electric Supply Company,2 to recover damages for injury to Diplomat’s credit and business reputation by one libel and two slanders alleged to have been committed by Paul E. Yurtinus, Credit Manager of Westinghouse at its Miami and Fort Lauderdale branches, acting as the agent of Westinghouse.
Diplomat was an electrical contracting company, with headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It began business in 1959. It specialized in doing the electrical installations, including the furnishing of the…
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