Kluss v. Alcan Aluminum Corp.

James M. Porter, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Alcan Aluminum Corporation appeals from a jury verdict of $400,000 in favor of plaintiff-appellee Geoffrey H. Kluss arising out of defamation when he was terminated from his employment at Alcan (case No. 68459). Defendant claims that the trial court erred in not granting it summary judgment, a directed verdict or a new trial. The defendant also claims that the verdict was excessive, the result of passion and prejudice, and influenced by plaintiffs improper final argument relying on evidence of damages for economic loss on the withdrawn wrongful…