Crowley v. North American Telecommunications Ass'n

How courts have described this case

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• holding the plaintiff’s slander claim survived a motion to dismiss in part because the complaint “contain[ed] the substance of the alleged defamatory statement”
• explaining that this court’s presumption in favor of allowing amendment stems from “the policy which favors resolution of cases on the merits”
• dismissing claim where plaintiff allegedly was subjected to contempt, scorn and other indignities by his supervisor, and received an unwarranted evaluation and discharge
• affirming dismissal of IIED claim of employee who alleged he “was subjected to contempt, scorn and other indignities in the workplace by his supervisor and an unwarranted evaluation and discharge”
• reversing trial court’s dismissal of defamation claim because appellant’s complaint contained 25 the substance of the alleged defamatory statement and the date and identification by employment of the persons to whom the statements were allegedly made
• allegations that supervisor refused to include plaintiff in meetings, treated him in hostile manner, and eventually terminated him were insufficient as matter of law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).