Please assist with case questions 1-5 with answering. Please do not assist if you cannot complete all 5 questions throughly. Thank you.

nd that Thompson's continued employment would be determine that the contested statements are reasonably ieeded for at least three to four months. . . The Plain- susceptible of defamatory connotation' If any defamator iff continued his employment during this transition construction is possible, it is a question of fact for the jury jeriod.... According to the Plaintiff, Lambert was whether the statements were understood as defamatory? consoling about the nature of Thompson's termination Under New York law, "only statements alleging facts and promised Thompson that he would write a refer- _can properly be the subject of a defamation action." In ence letter, assist in finding a new job, forward along job addition, a plaintiff must allege the time, place and mancontacts and help the Plaintiff in any way he could. The ner of the false statement and identify to whom the false Plaintiff states that, in reliance on Lambert's statements, statement was made. Special harm means economic or he put Lambert's name down as a reference in submis- pecuniary loss. Special harm "must flow directly from the sions to employment agencies. injury to reputation cause by the defamation[.] not from In early October 2009, Thompson began looking for the effects of defamation- In order to constitute defamabad reference to either Pavillion or the Soros Family, the is "of a kind incompatible with the proper conduct of the 180 Part 2: The Hiring Process Chapter 5: Background Checks, References, and Verifying Employment Eligibility 181