Muck v. Van Bibber

Plaintiffs, Douglas and Laurie Muck, appeal the dismissal of their amended complaint, in which they alleged they were defamed by defendants, Lester Van Bibber III, Janet Van Bibber, Tena Olmstead, John Olmstead, and Citizens for Justice, Inc. In their complaint, plaintiffs alleged that defendants wrote a letter containing damaging, false statements about them and sent it to the circuit judges of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit when plaintiffs were applicants for the office of associate judge in that circuit. We vacate and remand.

I. Background

In November 1988, defendant Lester Van Bibber III, a…