394 Mass. 1007 | Mass. | 1985
The plaintiff worked as an auditor for the defendant for eighteen years. On December 22, 1975, the defendant fired the plantiff as of that date. The plaintiff was told, by a superior in the presence of a coworker, that he was being fired because he had made derogatory comments about the defendant. The plaintiff claims these allegations were false and that he was fired so that the defendant could avoid paying him severance benefits he would otherwise have received as of January 2, 1976. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant’s conduct in firing him amounted to intentional or reckless infliction of emotional distress as a result of which he suffered emotional, mental, and physical pain, and incurred significant hospital and medical costs.
A majority of the court concludes that the defendant’s motion to dismiss was properly granted because the plaintiff’s claim for intentional infliction of
Judgment affirmed.