After the Record of Hackensack interviewed Ed Doherty, president of Doherty Enterprises, which owns about 80 Applebee’s restaurants in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, the paper posted the article online. The paper quoted Doherty as saying he treats employees “with dignity and respect” ... and that's where the trouble began.
Court: Online gripe about work conditions isn’t defamation
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