Hunt v. Gerlemann

GUNN, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Pamela Hunt instituted this suit for slander per se against defendants-respondents Robert Gerlemann, her former insurance agent, and Bouef & Berger Mutual Insurance Company, his employer. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the suit for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The trial court sustained the motion after allowing the plaintiff to amend her petition twice. From that order she now appeals. We reverse the order of the circuit court and remand the cause.

We gather from the petition that the corporate respondent, Bouef & Berger…