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Phoniex
Jul-2007 - Jun-2012
Corportae Manager
ChevronTexaco Corporation
Feb-2009 - Nov-2016
Lydia Hagberg was a customer of California Federal Bank. she want to the bank to cash a check payable to her and issued by Smith Barney. The bank teller believed the check was counterfiet. She telephoned Smith Barney and was informed by a Smith Barney employee the check was invalid. The teller then telephoned the police.
Another bank employee, a security guard, telephoned Smith Barney a second time and learned the prior statement was incorrect and the check was valid. But the police had arrived, ordered Lydia to spread her arms and legs for a pat-down, and handcuffed her. Her purse was searched, she was asked questiones about possession of weapons and whether she was driving a stolen car, and then arrested. So Lydia filed a lawsuit for slander against the bank.
Questions:
1. What are the elements of slander?
2. Are there sufficient facts to support each element of slander? ExplainÂ
3. What defense can the bank assert with respect to its communications to the policce?
4. Lydia did not sue Smith Barney. If she had, would she have won? why ?
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