Lambdin Funeral Service, Inc. v. Griffith

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

Appellants, Lambdin Funeral Service, Inc. and Wayne Lambdin, Sr., have appealed from an order of the Circuit Court of Humphreys County dismissing their action against Charles N. Griffith “for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.”

In the complaint, appellants charge ap-pellee with slander, libel, conspiracy to libel and defame appellants, and invasion of appellants’ right of privacy. The charges are based on pleadings filed and statements made by appellee, in his capacity as attorney for Lee Reynolds, Alice Reynolds, Lloyd Hall, and Clara Mae Fox,(1)…