Legal Opinion
Jensen v. Hewlett-Packard Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 30, 1993No. G011571PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SONENSHINE, J.
Sean Jensen seeks reversal of a judgment of nonsuit following his opening statement at the trial of his defamation action against his former employer, Hewlett-Packard Company, and one of its supervisors, Rod Smith. In a nutshell, the lawsuit involves a difference of opinion between an employer and an employee about the quality of the employee’s work. A Hewlett-Packard supervisor, Hank Phelps, evaluated the employee, Jensen, as needing to improve his on-the-job performance in certain respects. Jensen took offense at the evaluation, claimed it was false, and accused Phelps…
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