Appeals Court Affirms Ruling Concerning Athlete’s Transfer

A Michigan state appeals court has affirmed a trial court’s ruling, dismissing the claim of a star high school athlete, who sued officials at his former high school, claiming they inflicted emotional distress when they bad-mouthed him to the media after he transferred to another school.   The appeals court found, specifically, that the facts did not support the plaintiff’s “infliction of emotion distress” claim and that the information shared by officials with the media was in the p