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COMMERCIAL UNION INS. CO. v. MELIKYAN

No. 82 CA 0221.

424 So.2d 1114 (1982)

COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY v. Armand V. MELIKYAN, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Bell, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee Commercial Union Ins. Co.

Allen R. Boudreaux, Craig Kaster, Baton Rouge, for third party defendant-appellee Don R. Estelle.

Lawrence A. Durant, Baton Rouge, for third party defendant-appellee John A. Melton.

J.J. McKernan, Amy E. Counce, Stephen K. Peters, Baton Rouge, for defendant-plaintiff in reconvention-appellant Arman V. Melikyan.

Before PONDER, SAVOIE and ELLIS, JJ.

PONDER, Judge.

Defendant appealed the dismissal of his reconventional demand for damages for defamation of character by the sustaining of plaintiff's exception of no cause of action.

The issue on appeal is whether defendant's reconventional demand adequately alleges the "publication" element of defamation.

We affirm and remand.

Plaintiff, Commercial Union Insurance Company, sued Armand Melikyan and other indemnitors for losses and expenses...

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