Former ESPN sportscaster, Ron Franklin, was fired just last month for remarks he made to a fellow reporter in a conversation outside of work.  Franklin reportedly called Jeannine Edwards names like "sweetheart" after she interrupted a conversation he was having in a hotel lobby before the Chic-fil-A Bowl.

In the lawsuit, Franklin argues that he was wrongfully terminated from his position because his firing had nothing to do with an inability or failure to perform the duties of his position.  The suit names the incident between Franklin and Edwards a "contentious exchange".  After the exchange, Franklin was taken off of his next project and suspended.

Franklin had a two-year contract with ABC and ESPN that lasted through March 2012.  The contract contained a "failure to perform clause" that permitted firing if Franklin had frequently come to work inadequately prepared or late.

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