Tina Yvette Vaughn v. Methodist Hospital Staff & Aministration

Syllabus

This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment, dismissing Appellant's defamation lawsuit against Appellee. The trial court held that Appellant's claim sounded in slander. Because Appellant filed her lawsuit more than six months after the offending statements were made, the trial court granted summary judgment on the sole ground that the applicable statute of limitations for slander, Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-103, had run. Discerning no error, we affirm and remand.