WARDLOW v. CITY OF MIAMI

No. 78-1283.

372 So.2d 976 (1979)

Charles H. WARDLOW, Jr., Appellant, v. CITY OF MIAMI, Robert Murphy and Garland Watkins, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbride & Heller, and James F. Gilbride, Miami, for appellant.

George F. Knox, Jr., City Atty., and Mikele S. Carter, Asst. City Atty., for appellees.

Before PEARSON, HENDRY and KEHOE, JJ.


HENDRY, Judge.

Appellant/plaintiff, Wardlow, seeks review of a final summary judgment whereby the trial court dismissed with prejudice two counts from the complaint. This opinion is concerned with the count seeking damages for alleged defamation of character; it constitutes a separate, distinct cause of action within the framework of the multi-count complaint.

The pertinent allegations, succinctly stated, are that the appellant was refused employment by the...

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