DONALDSON, Justice.
The plaintiff-appellant L.B. Baker brought this action against his former employer, the defendant-respondent Burlington Northern, Inc., alleging libel and invasion of privacy. Baker was provisionally hired by Burlington Northern as a track laborer on March 17, 1973. The employment application, which Baker completed and signed on March 13, 1973, contained the question: "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" Baker answered "no" to this question...
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