SWENGLER v. ITT CORP. ELECTRO-OPTICAL PRODUCTS DIV.

Nos. 91-2743, 91-2744.

993 F.2d 1063 (1993)

Michael Stanley SWENGLER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ITT CORPORATION ELECTRO-OPTICAL PRODUCTS DIVISION, Defendant-Appellant. Michael Stanley SWENGLER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ITT CORPORATION ELECTRO-OPTICAL PRODUCTS DIVISION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1993.

Amended by order May 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa Windham Friedman, Roanoke, VA, argued (Anthony F. Anderson, on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Bayard Easter Harris, The Center for Employment Law, Roanoke, VA, argued (Agnis Chakravorty, on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, HAMILTON, Circuit Judge, and WARD, Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


OPINION

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge:

Michael Swengler (Swengler) appeals the district court's grant of a directed verdict in favor of the Electro-Optical Products Division of ITT Corporation (ITT), dismissing his claim for breach of an employment contract. ITT cross-appeals the district court's grant of a directed verdict in favor of Swengler, dismissing its claim for defamation.

Although we affirm the dismissal of the claim for breach of contract, we...

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