Lightfoot v. Jennings

BARRETT, C.

This is an action for actual and punitive damages for slander and libel. There are three counts in the plaintiff’s second amended petition, two for slander and one for libel. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss all three counts of the petition for failure to state a cause of action. The trial court sustained the motion as to counts one and two and the plaintiff has appealed. The defendant has filed a motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s appeal as premature for the reasons that count three of the second amended petition and count four of the first amended petition have not been…