Opinion
October 20, 1992
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. Greenfield, J.).
Plaintiff's causes of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress and prima facie tort, were properly dismissed because they are based upon the manner in which he was discharged from employment (Murphy v American Home Prods. Corp., 58 N.Y.2d 293) ; in addition, the cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress is deficient for failure to allege conduct that goes beyond all possible bounds of decency (supra, at 303). The cause of action for defamation should also have been dismissed because it was based upon the statements defendants made concerning the reasons for plaintiff's discharge (supra; see, McEntee v Van Cleef Arpels, 166 A.D.2d 359, 360).
Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Wallach, Kupferman and Ross, JJ.