Banas v. Matthews International Corp.

SPAETH, President Judge:

This is an action for defamation and breach of contract. The action arises out of appellee’s dismissal as an employee of appellant. Appellant is engaged in the business of making, among other things, bronze grave markers. When appellee was dismissed, in July 1979, he was a tooler. In late June 1979, the Resurrection Cemetery, one of appellant’s customers, notified appellant that contrary to the settled practice between the cemetery and appellant, a grave marker made at appellant’s plant had been placed on *467a grave in the cemetery without having first been purchased…