Murray v. Commercial Union Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, sued the husband’s former employers after he was discharged from his position. The district court granted a motion to dismiss two counts of the complaint that are purportedly grounded in tort, and later entered summary judgment on the remaining breach of contract claim. Pursuant to earlier decisions of this Court and of state courts concerning the legal remedies available in Pennsylvania following the termination of an employment relationship, we will affirm.

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According to plaintiffs’ complaint, Harry C. Murray was employed…