CONNOLLY v. STONE

No. 01-CA-929.

807 So.2d 979 (2002)

James H. CONNOLLY v. Robert M. STONE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crawford A. Rose, III, Metairie, LA, Attorney for Appellant.

Morton H. Katz, Ryan P. Reece, New Orleans, LA, Attorneys for Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges MARION F. EDWARDS, SUSAN M. CHEHARDY and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.


EDWARDS, Judge.

Plaintiff/ Appellant, James Connolly, appeals from the trial court's ruling which granted defendant, Robert Stone's, Exception of No Cause of Action in a suit for defamation. Connolly asserts that the trial court erred in three ways: 1) By granting the exception as a matter of law; 2) By finding that communications made by Stone were subject to an absolute immunity from claims for defamation, and; 3) In finding, based on the plaintiff's petition, that...

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