RUFO v. RUFO

No. 72872.

962 S.W.2d 460 (1998)

Stephen Daniel RUFO, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Sharon RUFO, Defendant/Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Five.

February 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Ford, St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellant.

Sharon Rufo, pro se, for defendant-respondent.

Before CRAHAN, C.J., and RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, J., and GERALD M. SMITH, Senior Judge.


ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Stephen Daniel Rufo appeals the judgment dismissing his petition for slander against Defendant. Defendant's motion to dismiss asserted that Plaintiff failed to state a cause of action because the statements alleged to have defamed him were made during a deposition taken in Defendant's wrongful death suit against a third party and thus are protected by witness immunity. The circuit court sustained the motion on that basis.

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