119 A.D.2d 986 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1986
— Order unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Memorandum: Special Term properly granted summary judgment dismissing the complaint, which contains causes of action for slander, intentional infliction of emotional distress and prima facie tort. In his second cause of action, plaintiff alleges that the defamatory statements were made about him in order to cause his employment to be terminated, that the statements in no way furthered the reasonable business purposes of defendant, and that the statements intentionally