Theresa Lyons and Dennis Lyons v. National Car Rental Systems, Inc. (Of Delaware)

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Theresa Lyons (Lyons), appeals from the entry of judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendant-appellee, National Car Rental Systems, Inc. (National), on her claims of slander and violating the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act. Lyons had filed a nine count complaint in the district court against National after her termination. Six counts were dismissed pretrial on a motion for summary judgment. 1 No appeal was taken from the summary judgment dismissal. The remaining three counts, which included a count by plaintiff’s husband for loss of…