Legal Opinion
Abeles v. Mellon Bank Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 1, 2002PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jane Solomon, J.), entered June 27, 2001, which, upon the prior grant of defendants’ motion for summary judgment, dismissed the complaint for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Plaintiff’s cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress could have been dismissed on the alternative ground that plaintiff was an at-will employee terminable from her position at any time and for any reason, or even for no reason at all, and was thus without recourse to sue, as she has, for wrongful…
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