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ELLISVILLE STATE SCHOOL v. MERRILL

No. 97-IA-01236-SCT.

732 So.2d 198 (1999)

ELLISVILLE STATE SCHOOL and Mississippi Department of Mental Health, Jointly and Severally v. Ernestine MERRILL.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the Attorney General by Jim Fraiser, Attorney for Appellants.

John N. Satcher, Heidelberg, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE PITTMAN, P.J., JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., AND SMITH, JJ.

JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. The Appellants, Ellisville State School (or "School") and Mississippi Department of Mental Health (hereinafter jointly as the "State"), come before this Court appealing an order of the Circuit Court of Jones County which denied the State's motion to dismiss a defamation action brought against it by the Appellee, Ernestine Merrill (or "Merrill").

¶ 2. On October...

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