My question involves defamation in the state of: pa
with the preasent econimy i have had a hard time finding a job. i have put in applications for every thing i can get my hands on. i finnally find a company that really likes me and wanted to hire me. i was interviewed buy three different managers, when the last one told me they liked me and wanted to take the next step in the employment prosses. he told me as long as my criminal backround check comes back clean, and i pass a drug test they would take me on. the next week i get a copy of my criminal backround check in the mail, and it said i had a mistermeaner for the use/posetion of drug pairifilia. but i had never had any thing like this ever happen. so i look up the case number on pa court's web sight. the pearson in the case had the same first and last name. also they had the same birth day, but the middle name was different. the company that did the backround check must not have checked my s.s. number, or my full name, or my drivers number for that matter. so i didnt get hired becouse of this. so i called the company that i apllyed to and asked them what i can do? they told me that since my criminal backround check came back with this charge on it, they could not hire me. i have called the lawyer, and am working on getting it fixed.
what i want to know is how much is my name worth? this company gave out false information, and i will be taking them to court. but how much do people get for slander in this type of case?

