Barker v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.

WALKER, Judge.

Plaintiff filed a motion for partial summary judgment on the claim of slander per se, which was denied by Superior Court Judge L. Todd Burke on 11 August 1998. Defendants then filed a motion for summary judgment along with supporting affidavits. In an order entered 23 October 1998 and filed 28 October 1998, Superior Court Judge Russell G. Walker, Jr. granted defendants’ motion and dismissed all of plaintiff’s claims.

From the pleadings and discovery, the evidence tended to show the following: Plaintiff was employed by Kimberly-Clark Corporation (Kimberly-Clark) from October 1985…