Wertz v. Allen

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Erik Van Wertz filed an action against Appellee Lashonda Bonner Allen, alleging fraud and defamation.1 Allen moved for summary judgment. Finding that no genuine issues of material fact existed, the trial court granted Allen’s motion for summary judgment.2 Wertz appeals the trial court’s summary judgment ruling, arguing that Allen’s defamatory statements were not protected by an absolute or conditional privilege, and that Wertz otherwise established each element of a claim for defamation. Wertz further contends that he alleged sufficient facts to support a…