STURDIVANT v. SEABOARD SERVICE SYSTEM, LTD.

No. 82-715.

459 A.2d 1058 (1983)

Wayne Eliot STURDIVANT, Appellant, v. SEABOARD SERVICE SYSTEM, LTD., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Burroughs, Jr., Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Robert E. Higdon, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and PRYOR and TERRY, Associate Judges.


PRYOR, Associate Judge:

Appellant, Wayne E. Sturdivant, initiated a defamation action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia against appellee, Seaboard Service System, Ltd. The complaint alleged counts of both libel and slander arising from a written violation report, which appellee submitted to appellant's employer, Safeway Stores, Inc., and statements later made during an arbitration hearing.1 On April 23, 1982, the trial...

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