Pensacola Motor Sales, Inc. v. Daphne Automotive, LLC

SHAW, Justice.

In these consolidated appeals, Pensacola Motor Sales, Inc., d/b/a Bob Tyler Toyota (“BTT”), one of two named defendants below, appeals in case no. 1110840 from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Daphne Automotive, LLC, d/b/a Eastern Shore Toyota (“EST”), and Shawn *933Esfahani, the plaintiffs below, on the plaintiffs’ claims seeking damages for slander. In case no. 1110857, Fred Keener, an employee of BTT and a codefendant, similarly appeals from the judgment against him and in favor of EST and Esfahani.

Facts and Procedural History

In December 2007, Esfahani, who was…