ANDERTON v. GENTRY

89-1111.

577 So.2d 1261 (1991)

Wayne ANDERTON v. Wayne GENTRY and The Citizens Bank of Moulton.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.H. Rogers, Moulton, for appellant.

J.G. Speake of Speake & Speake, Moulton, for appellees.


KENNEDY, Justice.

Wayne Anderton appeals from a judgment based on a directed verdict in favor of Wayne Gentry and The Citizens Bank of Moulton in a defamation action.

The issues in this case are whether the alleged defamatory statements would be slander per se or slander per quod and whether these statements gave rise to a claim based on the tort of outrage.

Anderton alleges that Gentry, president of Citizens Bank, made slanderous statements to two...

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