Lavat v. Fruin-Colnon Corp.

JUSTICE LaPORTA *

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Ralph W. Lavat appeals the dismissal by summary judgment of his two-count complaint for libel and retaliatory discharge filed against defendants Fruin Colnon Corp., McCartin-McAuliffe Mechanical Contractor, Inc., Kelso Burnett Co. and Power Systems, Inc., doing business as Baldwin Associates, a partnership (Baldwin).

Baldwin contends that Lavat was fired from its nuclear power plant construction project for lying on his resume with regard to the education he received from American University in Washington D.C. and the Cleveland…