SPROVERO v. MILLER

No. 80-2504.

404 So.2d 793 (1981)

Michael SPROVERO, Appellant, v. Betty J. MILLER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krongold & Bass and Paul Bass, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Corlett, Merritt, Killian & Sikes and Gerald E. Rosser, Miami, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, C.J., and HENDRY and NESBITT, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff Michael Sprovero, a general building contractor, appeals from an adverse final summary judgment entered below in a slander action wherein no special damages were claimed. The trial court concluded that the oral statements sued upon did not constitute slander per se and, as no special damages were claimed, summary judgment for the defendant was proper. We disagree and reverse.

The oral statements sued upon arose over a construction...

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