slander

Mar 26th, 2008, 09:53 AM

My ex-employer, has told my Co-workers tha I have costed the company over $100,000 in sales after they had terminated me for an unknown reason. He has also has told them resently that I called MIosha and turned them in for safety violations, also untrue. Since being fired in september of 2007, I have started my own business in the same industry. Can I sue them for Slander.

Mar 28th, 2008, 08:10 AM

If someone publicly says or writes anything factually untrue and it damages you, you indeed can sue for slander, libel, defamation, interference with business relations etc. -- or at least threaten to do so and give a warning.

Mar 26th, 2008, 09:53 AM	#1
Unregistered Posts: n/a	slander My ex-employer, has told my Co-workers tha I have costed the company over $100,000 in sales after they had terminated me for an unknown reason. He has also has told them resently that I called MIosha and turned them in for safety violations, also untrue. Since being fired in september of 2007, I have started my own business in the same industry. Can I sue them for Slander.

Mar 28th, 2008, 08:10 AM	#2
Unregistered Posts: n/a	Re: slander If someone publicly says or writes anything factually untrue and it damages you, you indeed can sue for slander, libel, defamation, interference with business relations etc. -- or at least threaten to do so and give a warning.

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