Legal Opinion
Ova Holbrook v. Harman Automotive, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1995No. 94-5194PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant in this defamation action. Because the record is devoid of evidence tending to establish an essential element of the plaintiff’s cause of action, we affirm.
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Defendant-appellee Harman Automotive, Inc. (“Harman”) fired plaintiff-appellant Ova Holbrook from his position on the assembly line at Harman’s Sevierville, Tennessee automotive part plant. The termination occurred during a contentious union organization campaign in which Holbrook vocally supported the unionization…
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