Cort v. Bristol-Myers Co.

The plaintiffs, formerly employed as salesmen by the defendant Bristol-Myers Company (Bristol-Myers), appeal from judgments for the defendants. The trial judge entered directed verdicts for the defendants on the plaintiffs’ claim that the defendants had unlawfully invaded their privacy. He also entered judgments for the defendants notwithstanding the jury’s verdicts for the plaintiffs on the plaintiffs’ claims that Bristol-Myers had terminated their employment in bad faith.3 We affirm the judgments.

We summarize the evidence, recognizing that, in passing on the judge’s allowance of the…