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GUILFORD v. NORTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE

Nos. 20155, 20165.

581 N.W.2d 178 (1998)

1998 SD 71

John GUILFORD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. NORTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE, a South Dakota corporation, Defendant, and Dakota Pork Industries, Inc., a South Dakota corporation, and Mark Heuston, an individual, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided July 1, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Tobin of Tonner, Tobin and King, Aberdeen, for plaintiff and appellant.

Sandra Hoglund and Edwin E. Evans, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, for defendants and appellees Dakota Pork and Heuston.

AMUNDSON, Justice.

¶ Employee brought suit against employer for slander and defamation when employer conveyed information about employee to a prospective employer. The prospective employer rescinded an offer of employment as a result. The trial court granted summary judgment for the employer. Employee appeals. We affirm.

FACTS

¶ In 1983 John Guilford accepted a job with Swift Packing, which subsequently...

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