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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Dr. Mickie SHANK and Michael Shank, Appellants, v. MISSOURI NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Respondent.
    WD 78526
    Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
    ORDER FILED: November 17, 2015
    Larry A. Bagsby, St. Charles, MO, Attorney for Appellants.
    Sally E. Barker and Loretta K. Haggard, St. Louis, MO, Attorneys for Respondent.
    Before Division Three: Joseph M. Ellis, Presiding Judge, and Karen King Mitchell and Gary D. Witt, Judges
   Order

Per Curiam:

Dr. Mickie Shank and her husband, Michael Shank, appeal the grant of summary judgment in favor of the Missouri National Education Association (MoNEA), on the Shanks’ claims of defamation (libel), tor-tious interference with business expectancy, and loss of consortium,. based upon a letter drafted by MoNEA and provided to the Mexico School District Board of Education. The circuit court granted Mo-NEA’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that the Shanks could not prove malice in the publication of the letter. Finding no error, we affirm. Rule 84.16(b).