Swanson v. Speidel Corporation

This case is here on the plaintiff’s appeal from an order which was entered following the granting 'of the defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings by a justice of the Superior Court.

The plaintiff, a former employee of Speidel Corporation, brought a defamation action against Speidel and various employees of Speidel for repeated publications of defamatory allegations concerning his working habits and honesty to prospective employers of plaintiff. In his amended complaint plaintiff alleges that either or both of his former supervisors, defendants Joseph Ferreira and Hillary Wood-house,…