Seifert v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

A summary judgment was rendered in favor of the Defendant, El Paso Natural Gas Company, in this suit for slander. The sole question before us is whether the summary judgment proof offered by the Defendant/corporation was sufficient to sustain the judgment because the employee was not acting in the course and scope of his employment when he made the alleged slanderous statement. Plaintiff appeals and we affirm.

William C. Seifert was employed in the Engineering Department of El Paso Natural Gas Company and his employment was terminated by the Company on May 25, 1972. He…