Henderson v. Early

The plaintiff, Faye M. Henderson, appeals from an order of the Madison Circuit Court dismissing her complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), A.R.Civ.P. We affirm.

The issue is whether Henderson's complaint stated a cause of action based on the tort of interference with business or contractual relations. We hold that it did not.

On January 9, 1989, Henderson sued a co-employee, Mary A. Early, alleging in her complaint, inter alia, that Early, a younger, less experienced, and less educated woman, was her supervisor at her place of employment; that Early criticized her job performance, which had never…