By Daniel A. Horwitz: In February 2018, Janet Tidwell—the CEO of Holston Methodist Federal Credit Union—was fired following an audit. According to Ms. Tidwell, she was actually terminated because she confronted the Chairman of the credit union’s Board of Directors and the Chair of its Supervisory Committee about the Board being out of compliance with […]
Category: False Light
Fired Preschool Teacher Loses Defamation, False Light Claims Against Church Preschool Due to Common Interest Privilege, Absence of Damages
By Daniel A. Horwitz: Kelly Love McGuffey began working for the Belmont United Methodist Church in December 2007, where she was employed as a preschool teacher. During an evacuation drill in January 2015, a child was left in the bathroom in the classroom where Ms. McGuffey and another teacher worked. Following the incident, Ms. McGuffey […]
Clumsy court ruling allows SLAPP-suit to move forward against State Representative John Mark Windle
By Daniel A. Horwitz: State Representative John Mark Windle represents the constituents of Tennessee House District 41. District 41 is home of the now-shuttered Jamestown Regional Medical Center, which closed last year following a series of financial and legal issues. Among those issues were substantial federal tax liens, which “show the IRS is after more […]