Central Florida Institute Palm Harbor Defamation Case
During the time when Judge Barnes is presiding over a trial, she steps
into an elevator with her Judicial Assistant while she is on a break. In
the elevator, the judge says "Cartwright, the defendant in this
defamation case, was a liar when he said that he didn't shoplift the
stereo." Cartwright overhears the Judicial Assistant telling Farley, a
paralegal student from Broward College about the comment. Could
Cartwright successfully sue Judge Barnes for libel or for slander, or
nothing at all since Cartwright does not have a case? EXPLAIN YOUR
ANSWER.