Karen writes to her work colleague Bob a long letter in which she falsely accuses him of stealing her bike. Bob is outraged because no one ever questioned his character in that way before. He is so mad that he shows the letter to several colleagues as well as to his boss. A few weeks later he applies for a promotion and is turned down. When he askes his boss why he is not given the promotion his boss very reluctantly says that a number of people were concerned about Bob's integrity in light of the recent accusations about his involvement in a bicycle theft. Can Bob sue Karen for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Why will he succeed or fail on each claim? Same question but this time an fellow employee to who Bob had talked to about this problem now tells the boss and Bob is denied a promotion? Under what facts could Karen be found to have defamed Bob?

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