Cooper-Bridges v. Ingle

Mikell, Judge.

Vivian A. Cooper-Bridges, a former employee of the Sumter County Sheriffs Office (the “Department”), appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to Robert Ingle, the current sheriff of Sumter County, in her action for slander. Cooper-Bridges’s claim arises out of her assertion that Sheriff Ingle publicly disclosed that he did not hire her because she was inebriated when he met her. We affirm.

In reviewing grants of summary judgment, this court conducts a de novo review of the law and the evidence. To prevail at summary judgment under OCGA § 9-11-56, the moving party must…