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PURDUM v. PURDUM

No. 106,181.

301 P.3d 718 (2013)

Stephen E. PURDUM, Appellee/Cross-appellant, v. Katherine C. PURDUM, Appellee/Cross-appellee, (Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas), Appellant/Cross-appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

May 17, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Martin Nussbaum , of Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons, LLP, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Jeanne Gorman , of Jeanne Gorman Rau, LLC, of Overland Park, for appellant/cross-appellee Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.

Robert W. Tormohlen and Joseph E. Bant , of Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C., of Kansas City, Missouri, for appellee/cross-appellant Stephen E. Purdum.

Christopher P. Lawson , of Lawson Law Office, LLC, of Overland Park, for appellee/cross-appellee Katherine C. Purdum.

Before GREEN, P.J., ATCHESON and BRUNS, JJ.

GREEN, J.

In this defamation case, Stephen E. Purdum sued his former wife, Katherine C. Harcsar, for allegedly libelous statements she made to the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. These alleged defamatory statements were made to the Archdiocesan Tribunal when Harcsar sought to annul her sacramental marriage to Purdum. Harcsar moved to dismiss Purdum's defamation action under K.S.A. 60-212(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. She...

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