Schrader v. Eli Lilly and Co.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

DeBRULER, Justice.

In this case, the court of appeals consolidated multiple actions for defamation arising from the same factual cireumstances. Appel-lee Eli Lilly and Company discharged six employees from its Tippecanoe County, Indiana, warehouse operation. Five of the discharged employees filed suit against Lilly, claiming that Lilly had defamed the employees when informing the remaining Lilly employees about the terminations. In each action, Lilly moved for summary judgment, and the trial courts granted the motions. The five former employees appealed, and their cases…