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COCKRELL v. MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE

No. 86-142.

536 A.2d 547 (1987)

Dale COCKRELL v. MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE and Emory Fanning.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

November 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Z. Carlson of Langrock Sperry Parker & Wool, Burlington, for plaintiff-appellee.

John M. Dinse and George A. Holoch, Jr., of Dinse, Erdmann & Clapp, Burlington, for defendant-appellant Middlebury College.

William K. Sessions, III, and James S. Kernon of Sessions, Keiner & Dumont, Middlebury, for defendant-appellant Fanning.

Before PECK, J., and BARNEY, C.J. (Ret.), KEYSER, J. (Ret.), MARTIN, Supr.J., and COSTELLO, D.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

BARNEY, Chief Justice (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

This is an interlocutory appeal seeking to reverse an order for discovery. Defendants' challenge to the order is based on a claim of evidentiary privilege. The case relates to the defendant College's denial of tenure to the plaintiff. According to the plaintiff, defendant Fanning wrongfully defamed him, and thereby induced the College to wrongfully deny him tenure and violate his contractual rights. We reverse.

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