EMPLOYERS COMMERCIAL U. INS. CO. OF AM. v. KOTTMEIER

No. 75-948.

323 So.2d 605 (1975)

EMPLOYERS COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. Charles A. KOTTMEIER, M.D., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Hennen and William Duane Wood, III, of Bradham, Lyle, Skipper & Cramer, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Joseph W. Gaynor, of Jacobs, Robbins & Gaynor, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellee.


GRIMES, Judge.

This appeal involves a question of liability insurance coverage in a suit for slander.

Dr. J. Martin Klein brought suit against Dr. Charles A. Kottmeier and his liability insurance carrier, Employers Commercial Union Insurance Company of America (Employers Commercial), alleging that Dr. Kottmeier had made numerous slanderous remarks impugning Dr. Klien's professional reputation as a physician and anesthesiologist. Count I of the second amended...

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