DenverSooner
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Well, it actually wouldn't be slander because they never made a false statement of fact. They said it was in the officer's opinion, which is totally in his right to have that opinion if he honestly feels that way.
I do not believe couching defamation in the form of opinion eliminate liability for defamation. Prosser (he is the Einstein of tort law) says "the form of the langauge used is not controlling, and there may be defamation by means of a question, an ideirct insinuation, an expression of belief or opinion, or sarcasm or irony".