Vergara v. Lopez-Vasquez

Wright, Judge.

Jose Vergara, who was employed as a recruitment counselor in the Office of Minority Student Affairs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), sued his former supervisor, Alfonso Lopez-Vasquez (Lopez), for libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The court granted summary judgment in favor of Lopez, and Vergara appeals.

SCOPE OF REVIEW

Summary judgment is to be granted only when the pleadings, depositions, admissions, stipulations, and affidavits in the record disclose that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact or as to the ultimate inferences…