Bentley v. Teton

This is an action for assault and battery, joined with an action for slander and another for the wrongful causing of plaintiff’s discharge from her Civil Service position as staff nurse in a Chicago hospital. The amended complaint alleged that malice was the gist of the action in each of the three counts. The trial court, on defendant’s motion, dismissed Count II for slander, and Count III, for the wrongful causing of plaintiff’s discharge. The order of dismissal found “no just reason” for delaying appeal (Civil Practice Act, Sec. 50 [Ill. Rev. Stats. 1957, ch. 110, § 50]) and plaintiff has…