Wolter v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Blackburn, Chief Judge.

After a retail store operated by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. refused to accept his debit card for a sales transaction, Robert J. Wolter sued Wal-Mart and First Union National Bank, the issuer of the card. The trial court granted First Union’s motion to dismiss and awarded sum*525mary judgment to Wal-Mart. In this appeal, Wolter challenges the grant of summary judgment in favor of Wal-Mart on his claim for tortious misconduct. Since no evidence showed that Wal-Mart’s conduct constituted the requisite level of abusive, opprobrious, and insulting mistreatment as required by that…