Baker v. Lafayette College

*71BECK, Judge:

Appellant Melvin Baker (“Baker”) was employed by appellee Lafayette College (“the College”) as an assistant professor of art under a two-year contract. The College did not reappoint Professor Baker at the end of his two-year term. After Baker’s internal appeals proved unsuccessful, he commenced the instant action against the College. His complaint contained three counts: Counts I and II sounded in defamation, and Count III in breach of contract. Baker brings the instant appeal from two orders of the trial court. The first order sustained the College’s preliminary objections with…