A truck driver dismissed from his job who then sued over a report filed on him to a background check agency has lost his defamation lawsuit against his former employer for a second time.
A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a unanimous decision, said Dillon Transportation acted properly when it submitted information on driver Frank McKenna to HireRight, an action that McKenna said in his initial lawsuit defamed him.
In ruling for Dillon last week, the judges upheld a...