New York does not recognize the tort of wrongful discharge of an at-will employee. Here, the claims for defamation and tortious interference with business relations are so closely related to the plaintiff's termination that they do not sound as distinct causes of action. Those claims are dismissed because a plaintiff cannot subvert the at-will rule by casting the cause of action as a separate tort.
Winiarski v. Butler, NY Slip Op 07534 (1st Dep't December 28, 2021)
