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- Title: Lulu Mae Nix v. Temple University Commonwealth System Higher Education and Peter J. Liacouras
- Author : at Knoxville Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
- Release Date : January 06, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 80 KB
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Plaintiff-appellant challenges the trial courts grant of defendants-appellees preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer to each and every count of her complaint. Counts I, II and III of appellants complaint state claims of breach of contract and wrongful discharge against the employer-appellee. Counts IV, V, VI and VII state claims of interference with contract and civil conspiracy against the individual appellees, and Court VIII requests punitive damages. The trial court granted appellees preliminary objections to each of appellants claims because her complaint failed to adequately allege facts showing a) that an employment contract was formed between her and her employer, b) that the alleged interference was unprivileged, and c) that the individuals were not acting on behalf of their employer. The trial court also found that appellants request for punitive damages failed to constitute a cause of action in and of itself. Appellant argues the trial court erred in making each of the above determinations. After completely reviewing the record evidence and the relevant law, we agree that appellants claims each fail to state a cause of action and therefore, we affirm the trial courts dismissal of appellants complaint.