What is the name of your state? NE
My wife works for someone who has his own buisness dealing high end vacuums. He does not have employees, by that I mean he does not pay taxes on his dealers, they are paid commisions by him but must file taxes on that income themselves. They are considered independent dealers. Anyhow, one of them was doing a demo and witnessed a husband strike his wife. Instead of calling authorities she left the residence. Now, while doing demos for the references given by the wife who was hit, she told what had happened and of course it became fast news and got back to the husband who allegedly hit his wife. The husband calls the owner of the business and says he is going to sue for defamation of character because he claims it has hurt his standing in the community. Of course the owner has had no knowledge of this independent dealer telling this story to others, and certainly has no malice or intent to hurt the individual. He is telling the independent dealer that they will not be allowed to deal the vacuums anymore, but does the alleged abuser have a case against the owner?
My wife works for someone who has his own buisness dealing high end vacuums. He does not have employees, by that I mean he does not pay taxes on his dealers, they are paid commisions by him but must file taxes on that income themselves. They are considered independent dealers. Anyhow, one of them was doing a demo and witnessed a husband strike his wife. Instead of calling authorities she left the residence. Now, while doing demos for the references given by the wife who was hit, she told what had happened and of course it became fast news and got back to the husband who allegedly hit his wife. The husband calls the owner of the business and says he is going to sue for defamation of character because he claims it has hurt his standing in the community. Of course the owner has had no knowledge of this independent dealer telling this story to others, and certainly has no malice or intent to hurt the individual. He is telling the independent dealer that they will not be allowed to deal the vacuums anymore, but does the alleged abuser have a case against the owner?