SMEDLEY v. LIFE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF TENNESSEE

No. 1705.

221 F.Supp. 119 (1963)

C. J. SMEDLEY, Plaintiff, v. LIFE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY OF TENNESSEE, Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Arkansas, Fort Smith Division.

September 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shaw, Jones & Shaw, Fort Smith, Ark., for plaintiff.

Wright, Lindsey, Jennings, Lester & Shults, Little Rock, Ark., for defendant.


JOHN E. MILLER, Chief Judge.

In this action the plaintiff seeks to recover actual and punitive damages for alleged slanderous statements made by an employee of the defendant while acting in the scope of his employment to third persons accusing the plaintiff of having committed a felony.

The pertinent allegations of the plaintiff's complaint are set forth in paragraphs III through V, as follows:

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