Zielinski v. Clorox Co.

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Gary Zielinski sued his former employer, defendant Clorox Company, and one of its plant supervisors, defendant Castle-berry, for false light invasion of privacy after Castleberry made statements at an all-plant meeting allegedly implicating plaintiff in a criminal scheme to defraud Clorox. Plaintiff also sued Castleberry for tortious interference with plaintiff’s employment relationship after Castleberry subsequently recommended to Clorox’s upper management that plaintiff be fired. At trial, the court directed verdicts in favor of Clorox on the invasion of…