Advantage Personnel Agency, Inc. v. Hicks & Grayson, Inc.

The appellant Advantage Personnel Agency, Inc. appeals a final order dismissing with prejudice its permissive counter*331claim for slander. The basis for the dismissal was that the essential element of publication in a slander action, see Burnham v. State, 37 Fla. 327, 329, 20 So. 548, 549 (1896); Fiore v. Rogero, 144 So.2d 99, 102 (Fla. 2d DCA 1962), was not alleged in the complaint. We affirm.

The appellant Advantage Personnel Agency, Inc. filed a permissive counterclaim below for slander against the appel-lee Hicks & Grayson, Inc. The counterclaim alleged that Hicks through its corporate…