At a special meeting of the board of directors of a savings and loan association, the directors asked Palmer, who was president, manager and a director to step down. He resigned the next day. Shortly thereafter a local paper reported on the change of leadership. The paper quoted one of the directors stating "the board of multi-branch savings and loan association forced Blake Palmer out of his position because he was administratively incapable." Palmer sued the savings and loan as well as the individual directors for defamation. The jury awarded him damages; the directors appealed on the ground that the quoted language was not capable of defamatory meaning.

1. Should the directors (Appellees) succeed in overturning the judgment for Palmer (Plaintiff)? Use the elements of defamation and apply them to the fact pattern.