OTTENI v. HITACHI AMERICA, LTD.

No. 81-7904 Non-Argument Calendar.

678 F.2d 146 (1982)

Robert C. OTTENI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HITACHI AMERICA, LTD., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Dean Grindle, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kilpatrick & Cody, Thomas C. Shelton, Duane C. Aldrich, Thomas H. Christopher, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before RONEY, KRAVITCH and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

We affirm the district court's summary judgment for the defendant in this diversity defamation action.

The alleged defamatory statements were made in a letter to plaintiff's counsel by the general counsel of the corporate defendant. The letter, written in response to a demand for certain termination pay that suggested plaintiff's firing was without cause, stated the reasons for the discharge. A copy of the letter was sent to three corporate employees...

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