Henderson v. Atlanta Transit System, Inc.

In this case plaintiff sued Atlanta Transit System, Inc. for damages because of opprobrious, insulting and abusive words spoken to him by the bus driver, which humiliated, mortified and wounded plaintiffs feelings.

The trial court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment and the majority opinion reverses and returns the case for trial by jury.

*358The defendant contended that unless the spoken words were slanderous no recovery could be had by plaintiff. The majority opinion skirts this issue and fails to decide it, and places its reversal on the ground that a jury issue was formed on the…