In Noel VRiver Hills Wilsons,Inc

In Noel v.River Hills Wilsons,Inc. ,where Noel sued Wilsons for accidentally providing false negative information to his current employer which caused him to lose his job,the appeals court found that there was no libel or slander on the part of Santillan,a manager at Wilsons,because:

A) Santillan was new to the company
B) Santillan had previously worked for Noel's current employer
C) Santillan did not know Noel
D) all of the other specific choices
E) none of the other specific choices