Vajda v. Arthur Andersen & Co.

Plaintiff, Albert Vajda, a former manager of defendant, Arthur Andersen & Company (Andersen), sought damages both from Andersen for terminating his employment without just cause or first following the company’s discipline policy, and from James A. Carty, an Andersen partner, for embarking on a course of conduct allegedly designed to have plaintiff wrongfully discharged. The circuit court granted defendants’ joint motion for summary judgment on all four counts of plaintiff’s fourth amended complaint.

Plaintiff appeals, seeking reversal and remandment for a jury trial, raising as issues whether…