SMITH v. WESLEY HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC

No. 2009-CA-01619-COA.

47 So.3d 742 (2010)

Diane SMITH, R.N., Appellant v. WESLEY HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC d/b/a Wesley Medical Center, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

November 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Chandler Breese III , Jackson, attorney for appellant.

Jeffrey A. Walker , Ridgeland, attorney for appellee.

Before MYERS, P.J., IRVING and MAXWELL, JJ.


IRVING, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. After her employment with Wesley Health System, LLC was terminated, Diane Smith sued Wesley Health in the Lamar County Circuit Court, alleging breach of contract and defamation. Wesley Health filed a motion for summary judgment, which the circuit court granted, finding that Smith was an at-will employee and that she had failed to prove that Wesley Health had defamed her. Feeling aggrieved, Smith appeals and asserts that the circuit...

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