HOOD v. CONNORS

No. 81-1280.

419 So.2d 742 (1982)

Thomas E. (Gene) HOOD, Appellant, v. Walt CONNORS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.P. Gibbs, of Gibbs & McAlvanah, P.A., Dade City, for appellant.

Richard S. Fitzpatrick, of Fitzpatrick & Fitzpatrick, P.A., Inverness, for appellee.


SHARP, Judge.

Hood appeals from the dismissal of Count I of his First Amended Complaint. Hood sued Connors for slander because of remarks made by Connors about Hood at political rallies during their 1980 campaign for elective office in Citrus County. The trial court dismissed Count I because it ruled Connor's remarks were slander per quod, and not slander per se, since their defamatory character required some explanation of the circumstances during which they were...

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