FRY v. MOUNT

No. 95-366.

554 N.W.2d 263 (1996)

Michael FRY and Lisa Fry, Husband and Wife, Appellants, v. Floyd MOUNT, Individually and as an Officer of Iowa Roto-Cast and Reel-Core, Greg Whalen, Individually and as an Officer of Iowa Roto-Cast and Reel-Core, Iowa Roto-Cast, an Iowa Corporation, and Reel-Core, an Iowa Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Reidel of the Conway and Reidel Law Offices, Muscatine, for appellants.

James U. Mellick, Waukon, and Jeanne K. Johnson, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and TERNUS, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

The question on this appeal is whether plaintiff Michael Fry can prevail, as a matter of law, on a claim of negligent misrepresentation where the damages he seeks stem from termination of his at-will employment with the defendants. We conclude that recognizing such a cause of action in this context would permit a discharged employee to attack, on tort law principles, the very circumstance the employee would be prevented from challenging for breach...

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