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STAROBIN v. NORTHRIDGE LAKES DEVELOPMENT CO.

No. 77-190.

94 Wis.2d 1 (1980)

287 N.W.2d 747

STAROBIN, Appellant, v. NORTHRIDGE LAKES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the brief of Gary M. Luck, Joel Rosenthal and Luck & Rosenthal, S.C., of Milwaukee.

For the respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of James G. Doyle, James A. Baxter and Schellinger & Doyle, S.C., and Herz, Levin, Chernof & Sumner, S.C., of counsel, all of Milwaukee.

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.

This appeal is from an order granting defendants' motion to dismiss four claims of a complaint for libel and slander on the ground that each of the claims failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.1 There are two issues presented on appeal: are the defendants' alleged communications capable of a defamatory meaning; and is the claim for slander insufficient because there is no allegation of special...

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