In Belanger V

Multiple Choice

In Belanger v. Swift Transportation Inc., after Belanger had an accident driving a company vehicle, the accident was reported to a government website. Belanger claimed that Swift acted with malice and lost any reference-related privilege by reporting information to a third-party website.

A) Swift followed all company procedures, so it did not act with malice and defamation did not occur.
B) Swift has an absolute privilege to report on former employees, so no defamation occurred.
C) Swift showed malice by not reporting Belanger's side of the story, so it is guilty of defamation.
D) Swift defamed Belanger by reporting to a website, as privilege applies only in company-to-company references.