ELEGELE v. HARLEY HOTELS, INC.

No. 96-2155.

689 So.2d 1305 (1997)

Joseph ELEGELE, Appellant, v. HARLEY HOTELS, INC., et al., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Elegele, Orlando, pro se.

Nicholas A. Shannin of McDonough, O'Dell, Beers, Wieland, Williams & Krakar, Orlando, for Appellees.


HARRIS, Judge.

After Harley Hotels, Inc. (Harley) received an anonymous telephone call advising it of Joseph Elegele's drug use, drug dealing and drug conviction, he was terminated for reasons relating to drugs as well as for poor job performance. Elegele sued Harley and certain of its employees in federal court alleging that Harley had terminated him because he was black and, in addition, that Harley's employees had defamed him between September 6, 1990 and December...

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