PMC Squared, LLC v. Rita Gallo

Syllabus

Tenants filed action against their former landlord in the form of a Countercomplaint, alleging that they had suffered emotional distress resulting from slanderous statements that the landlord made to others about the tenants. In response, the landlord moved to dismiss the tenants' claims under the Tennessee Public Participation Act (\TPPA\). The trial court determined that the landlord had not met its prima facie burden to show that the tenants' claim fell within the scope of the TPPA and dismissed the landlord's TPPA petition. Discerning no error, we affirm.