Benner v. Johnson Controls, Inc.

KENNEDY, Judge.

The issue in the present case is whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of defendants in Deana Benner’s claims for damages for defamation, tortious interference with a business relationship and infliction of emotional distress, and her husband’s derivative claim for loss of consortium.

The claims rest upon an alleged statement by William Slentz and Larry Johnson, employees of defendant Johnson Controls, Inc., to Mark Tighe, administrator of Med Clinic of St. Joseph, that Deana Benner, who was an employee of Med Clinic, released "confidential…