DAVIS v. BORSKEY

No. 94-C-2399.

660 So.2d 17 (1995)

Michael G. DAVIS and Claudette Gravois Davis v. William L. BORSKEY and the State of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerald P. Block, Keith J. Labat, Thibodaux, for applicant.

Lynn L. Lightfoot, Lightfoot Grady C. Weeks, Weeks, Starks & Callahan, Houma; John N. Kennedy, Douglas L. Grundmeyer, New Orleans, Peter G. Wright, Baton Rouge, James C. Erny, Houma, Howard P. Elliott, Jr., Baton Rouge, Patrick C. Grace, New Orleans, for defendant.

Howard P. Elliott, Jr., Baton Rouge, for amicus curiae Public Safety of Corrections Dept.


LEMMON, Justice*.

This is a defamation action. Plaintiff, who was the purchasing agent for Nicholls State University, based his defamation claims on two separate but related statements, each of which involved separate defendants. The first statement was made by defendant William Borskey, director of the Nicholls student union, during the course of an investigation of various administrative practices at Nicholls by the Inspector General...

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