KENT v. CONNECTICUT BANK & TRUST CO., N. A.

No. 80-11.

386 So.2d 902 (1980)

C. Wesley KENT, III, Appellant, v. The CONNECTICUT BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a National Banking Association, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric S. Ruff and James V. Stewart of Law Offices of William Randolph Klein, Sarasota, for appellant.

Harry W. Haskins and Gregory W. Hootman of Dickinson, O'Riorden, Shields & Carlton, Sarasota, for appellee.


SCHEB, Chief Judge.

C. Wesley Kent, III, appeals from the trial court's final order dismissing his complaint seeking damages for alleged defamation by the Connecticut Bank and Trust Company. We hold that the court erred in dismissing Counts II and IV of that complaint.

In Kent's second amended complaint he alleged that the Bank wrongfully and negligently filed a suit in circuit court charging that he was delinquent...

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