Sawada v. Walmart Stores, Inc.

BRANDON J. HARRISON, Judge .

hMai Sawada appeals a Pope County Circuit Court order granting summary judgment to Walmart on her claims for defamation, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, outrage, and false light/invasion of privacy. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

I. Background

Twenty-two-year-old Mai Sawada worked as a part-time cashier for Walmart in Russellville, Arkansas, in 2012. Sawa-da’s friend Lily Xayadeth — a self-described “extreme couponer” — shopped frequently at the Russellville Walmart. After receiving a tip from an accounting associate, Walmart Asset…