Gilliam v. Pikeville United Methodist Hospital of Kentucky, Inc.

OPINION

VANMETER, Judge.

Wesley Gilliam appeals from an order of the Pike Circuit Court granting summary judgment to Pikeville United Methodist Hospital of Kentucky, Inc. (Hospital) and Danny Briscoe. The court dismissed Gilliam’s complaint, which alleged that appel-lees made defamatory statements about him and breached a contractual duty of confidentiality by causing his personnel and employment records to be made public and cast in a false light. Because Gilliam cannot establish damages in connection with the defamatory statements, we affirm.

In 1993 or 1994, Gilliam became employed as a…