Jones v. Hinton

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOYNER, District Judge.

Defendants, Earlette Hinton, Angela Palo, Jennifer LaLena and American Travellers Corp. (“defendants”) have filed a motion to dismiss plaintiffs complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Defendants argue that plaintiff’s complaint, which contains two counts of defamation, should be dismissed because it was filed after the statute of limitations had run, and because defendants’ acts complained of were privileged and therefore plaintiff has failed to state a claim. However, for the reasonjs set forth below, we find…