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BEVERLY v. POWERS

No. 92-CA-00637-SCT.

666 So.2d 806 (1995)

Sandra Anderson BEVERLY v. Myrtle POWERS, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Director of the Holmes County Welfare Department and the State Department of Human Services.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 14, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick B. Clark, Greenwood, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Onetta Whitley, Sp. Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, and James H. Powell, III, Durant, for Appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and BANKS and McRAE, JJ.

PRATHER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

This slander case involves statements made by Myrtle Powers, the director of the Holmes County office of the Mississippi Department of Human Services (DHS). The appellant, Sandra Anderson Beverly, filed suit against Powers, individually, and in her official capacity. Beverly alleged that Powers maliciously and recklessly stated that Beverly had Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)...

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