SEMO Services, Inc. v. BNSF Railway Company (2022)

Citation: SEMO Services, Inc. v. BNSF Railway Company (2022)
Parent Document: SEMO Services, Inc. v. BNSF Railway Company (2022)
Jurisdiction: Missouri (state)
Effective Date: 2022-12-13
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10630559/semo-services-inc-v-bnsf-railw... ↗

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The basis of SEMO’s claim for libel/defamation centers upon statements BNSF made in
the August 17 letter and August 20 email. As previously discussed, the August 17 letter informs
SEMO that BNSF is “investigating the receipt of fraudulent invoices as well as possible
kickbacks by your company to BNSF employees.”? SEMO specifically points to four words
contained in the August 17 letter, “receipt of fraudulent invoices,” in the opening sentence of the
four-paragraph, approximately 175-word letter. SEMO argues this statement is factually
inaccurate and defamatory because BNSF is unable to identify a single fraudulent invoice
submitted by SEMO at the time of the August 17 letter or even to date. However, this argument
ignores the full context of the August 17 letter.

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