From Booth v. NITV, LLC, decided yesterday by Judge D.P. Marshall Jr. (E.D. Ark.):
Trayesha Booth worked at the Arkansas Department of Corrections. An inmate said she provided contraband. After Booth twice failed a voice stress test, ADC fired her….
The court concluded, among other things, that Booth had adequately pleaded her defamation claim against the test's licensor (NITV Federal Services), and thus allowed the case to go forward (though of course any factfinding on the allegations is still in the future):
