ZINDA v. LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP.

No. 86-0737.

140 Wis.2d 277 (1987)

409 N.W.2d 436

Allan D. "Rick" ZINDA, Plaintiff-Respondent and Cross-Appellant. v. LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., a foreign insurance company, Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For plaintiff-respondent and cross-appellant, there were briefs by David Weiby and Maria Cuzzo, of Superior. There was oral argument by Maria Cuzzo.

For defendants-appellants and cross-respondents, there were briefs and oral argument by James R. Scott, of Milwaukee.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.


LaROCQUE, J.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (L-P) and its insurer, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, appeal a $100,000 judgment on a jury verdict finding that L-P made a defamatory statement about its former employee, Allan D. "Rick" Zinda, and that it invaded Zinda's privacy. The issues on appeal are whether L-P abused its claimed conditional privilege to make the defamatory statement, whether there was credible...

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