Court upholds dismissal of $1.5M defamation claim against employee in workplace racism case

By Karunjit Singh ( September 27, 2024, 4:57 PM EDT) -- The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a $1.5 million defamation claim brought by a company against an employee who alleged in news reports that he was laid off as a reprisal for asking the company to involve the police in investigating racist threats he faced at the workplace....