Appeals Court Allows Coach’s Defamation Claim to Continue against Principal, School District

An Indiana state appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a principal’s faulty investigation of one of his coaches, who had an altercation with a player, did not meet the necessary threshold to impute liability against the principal and other defendants for intentional infliction of emotional distress.   The appeals court also affirmed the state court’s decision to deny the defendants’ motion with respect to a defamation claim, allowing the plaintiff to continue his li