Wagner v. Miskin

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Glenda Miskin appealed from a judgment entered on a jury verdict which awarded John Wagner $3,000,000 in damages for libel, slander, and intentional interference with a business relationship. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] In the fall of 1998, Miskin enrolled in a University of North Dakota (“UND”) physics class taught by Professor John Wagner. Wagner and Miskin give very different descriptions of their relationship and the nature of their communications. Wagner asserted, for example, Miskin sent him harassing and sexually explicit email messages and conveyed false…