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Sroufe v. Waldron (ORDER)
No. 181014Supreme Court of Virginia
181014 Sroufe v. Waldron (ORDER) 06/27/2019 In a defamation case against a school division superintendent by an elementary school principal reassigned for the stated reason that she failed to assure that stude…
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181014 Sroufe v. Waldron (ORDER) 06/27/2019 In a defamation case against a school division superintendent by an elementary school…
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181014 Sroufe v. Waldron (ORDER) 06/27/2019 In a defamation case against a school division superintendent by an elementary school principal reassigned for the stated reason that she failed to assure that student Individual Education Program teams understand criteria that affect Standards of Learning assessment criteria, the circuit judge erred in denying the defendant's motion to dismiss on the grounds that the statement made by him, taken as a whole, was a matter of opinion, not actionable in defamation. Ensuring that defamation suits proceed only upon statements which actually may defame a plaintiff, rather than those which merely may inflame a jury to an award of damages, is an essential…
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181014 Sroufe v. Waldron (ORDER) 06/27/2019 In a defamation case against a school division superintendent by an elementary school principal reassigned for the stated reason that she failed to assure that student Individual Education Program teams understand criteria that affect Standards of Learning assessment criteria, the circuit judge erred in denying the defendant's motion to dismiss on the grounds that the statement made by him, taken as a whole, was a matter of opinion, not actionable in defamation. Ensuring that defamation suits proceed only upon statements which actually may defame a plaintiff, rather than those which merely may inflame a jury to an award of damages, is an essential…
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