Legal Opinion
Jason C. Weldy v. Piedmont Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 28, 1993No. 126, Docket 92-7427PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Jason C. Weldy appeals from that part of a judgment of the United States District Court of the Western District of New York, John T. Elvin, Judge, that dismissed his slander claim against defendant Piedmont Airlines. After the plaintiff had presented his case to the jury, the district court granted Piedmont’s motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 50 for judgment as a matter of law, on the ground that Weldy had not met his burden of proving his claim either for slander or for compelled self-defamation.
On appeal Weldy challenges only the dismissal of his slander…
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