Fortney v. Guzman

OPINION

ACREE, .CHIEF JUDGE:

The dispositive issue before ús is whether the Jefferson Circuit Court properly concluded that appellees Oralia Guzman, Dorothy Light, Brenda Kemp, Barbara Warman, and Catherine Pendleton weré entitled to summary judgment as a'matter of law on’appellant Lynora Fortney’s defamation claims. The circuit court found that the appellees’ allegedly defamatory statements were protected by a qualified privilege, and that Fortney had failed to *786produce sufficient evidence that the appel-lees abused' or exceeded that privilege to survive summary judgment. We agree and affirm.'

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