If a terminated employee stands outside the restaurant from which he was fired and falsely tells approaching customers that the restaurant uses horsemeat in its hamburgers rather than beef, the restaurant owner can successfully sue the ex-employee for:
A) intrusion upon seclusion.
B) assault.
C) disparagement.
D) battery.

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Disparagement, also known as injurious falsehood, is intentionally making false statements about the quality or ownership of someone's goods. It can be thought of as a sort of defamation against a business rather than an individual.

If a Terminated Employee Stands Outside the Restaurant from Which