Legal Opinion
Blake v. May Department Stores Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided May 31, 1994No. 64887PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIMM, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiff Robert F. Blake filed a defamation action against defendants James Cokley and The May Department Stores Company. His petition consisted of two counts against each defendant for slander and punitive damages.
The trial court granted defendants’ summary judgment motion. Plaintiff appeals; we affirm. *
I. Background
We review the record in the light most favorable to plaintiff. Plaintiff worked as a collectpr in the Famous-Barr Power Dial department. The department had 70 to 75 employees; Cokley was its manager.
In April, 1992, Famous McKinney, another collector in…
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