Kim Brown v. Mapco Express, Inc.

in which DAVID R. FARMER, J., and J. STEVEN STAFFORD, J., joined.

OPINION

This appeal involves claims arising from a verbal exchange at a gas station. The plaintiff customer gave cash to a clerk employed at the defendant gas station to pay for gas. After a verbal exchange between the clerk and the customer, the customer left the gas station. The customer promptly filed this lawsuit, alleging a variety of tort claims, including defamation, false light in the public eye, and infliction of emotional distress. The complaint sought damages in excess of a billion — with a “b” — dollars. The trial…