RICE v. HODAPP

No. 78422.

919 S.W.2d 240 (1996)

Richard B. RICE, Appellant, v. Virginia HODAPP, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret M. Mooney, Rick A. Courtney, St. Louis, for appellant.

Sally E. Barker, State Farm, St. Louis, Cheryl A. Callis, Hodapp, Odland & Teeple, St. Louis, for respondents.


BENTON, Judge.

In an action for defamation and related torts, the circuit court granted summary judgment against Richard B. Rice and for State Farm Insurance Company and three of its supervisors. Rice appeals claiming material issues of disputed fact as to the defamation count, in addition to other points. After opinion by the court of appeals, this Court accepted transfer. Mo. Const.Art. V, § 10. Affirmed.

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In December 1988, Virginia...

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