Burton v. Fountainhead Development, Inc.

OPINION

MAASSEN, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A tour company hired an employee to work the tourist season as one of its representatives at a Fairbanks hotel where he had worked seasonally in the past. During training, hotel management recalled that the employee had been difficult to work with. They told the tour company they did not want him working at their hotel and, in explaining their decision, made several unfounded statements about him. When the tom' company was unable to place the employee at a different hotel because of his limited transportation, it terminated his employment.

The employee…