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P contracted with D to provide services. P employees were required to be certified, and when unions struck P, D refused to grant conditional certifications during a strike. P defaulted on the contract and P sued D for a laundry list of causes one of which was a defamation claim. D moved for summary judgment on P’s defamation claim. The defamation claim arose out of a letter written by Scarpa (D) and mailed to P at P's request. The letter set forth allegations of bribery against Ps. Ps were required to report these allegations of criminal misconduct, as part of D's bidding requirements. The subsequent report by P was then incorporated into the City's Vendex system, which resulted in the allegations of misconduct appearing in every bid for a D contract submitted by Ps.

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