Bass v. Colonial Baking Co.

Carley, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant appeals from the grant of summary judgment to defendant-appellees in this action for slander. It is undisputed that on the last day of appellant’s employment as a salesman for the corporate appellee, he sold more products than records indicated he was in possession of and that he failed to account for the extra products at the end of the day. Appellant was terminated for this reason and it was not slanderous of him to so inform his fellow employees. Spaulding v. Rich’s, Inc., 146 Ga. App. 693 (247 SE2d 218) (1978). Appellant contended that the incident was…