Stearns v. Ohio Savings Assn.

Plaintiff, Peter Stearns, brought this action alleging the breach of an employment contract and libel and slander on the part of defendants Ohio Savings Association (OSA) and Laurence Cohn, a vice-president at OSA. On June 16, 1983, the court granted summary judgment for defendants. For the following reasons we reverse and remand.

Plaintiff was employed as a computer operator by Shaker Savings Association (predecessor to OSA) from February 1975 to December 1979. At that time, Shaker Savings closed its computer center, thus eliminating plaintiffs position. Plaintiff then worked for Lubrizol…