Fry v. Mount

NEUMAN, Justice.

The question on this appeal is whether plaintiff Michael Fry can prevail, as a matter of law, on a claim of negligent misrepresentation where the damages he seeks stem from termination of his at-will employment with the defendants. We conclude that recognizing such a cause of action in this context would permit a discharged employee to attack, on tort law principles, the very circumstance the employee would be prevented from challenging for breach of implied contract. We therefore vacate a court of appeals decision to the contrary, and affirm the judgment of the district court.