Little v. Bryce

SAM BASS, Justice.

The appellant, Steven Little, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his suit for slander and wrongful termination of employment.

We reverse and remand for trial.

Little sued appellees, Jack Bryce and Randall’s Pood Markets, Inc., alleging that while he was employed as a meat cutter with Randall’s, Bryce (his co-worker) called Little, and Little told him that he was hospitalized for a ruptured hernia and that one of his roommates was being tested for AIDS. Little alleged that Bryce then informed Little’s co-workers and supervisors that Little might have AIDS and had been…