Swenson-Davis v. Martel

Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s order of summary judgment in favor of defendants Martel and the Ann Arbor School District in plaintiff’s action against Martel for libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Plaintiff is a teacher at a high school in Ann Arbor and had defendant Martel’s son, Jonathan, in her "Honors” English class in the spring semester of 1980. Plaintiff announced to the class that each student’s final grade would be determined by a mathematical formula. Under that formula, Jonathan should have received a final grade of A — , but he was given a B+.…