Meyers v. Board of Education

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an employee of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, against the Board and its Director of Civil Service Personnel, Joseph Murphy, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by a slanderous statement made by Mr. Murphy. The complaint alleged that on March 14, 1968, at 10:00 a. m. at the offices of the Board of Education in the presence of other persons Mr. Murphy committed the following slander against the plaintiff: “You are a con man, Oh, yes, you are, you are a con man and a professional con man.”

Defendants filed a motion to…