Fly v. Kroger Co.

Blackburn, Judge.

The appellant/plaintiff, Karen Fly, brought the instant defamation action against appellees/defendants, The Kroger Company (Kroger), her employer, and Faye Beckham, Robert Woods, Doug Spence, Carlton Meadows, Jr., and Becky Anderson, employees of Kroger, for the false and malicious publication of incriminating statements which indicated that she had tampered with certain price labels in order to shoplift the merchandise from the Kroger store where she was employed. After the commencement of discovery, the defendants moved for summary judgment, cogently asserting that any…