Case Name: Robert L. KOHN, Appellant, v. Tom R. DAVIS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-12-11
Citations: 390 So. 2d 1246
Docket Number: No. VV-205
Parties: Robert L. KOHN, Appellant, v. Tom R. DAVIS, Appellee.
Judges: ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., J., and WOOD-IE A. LILES (Ret.), Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 390
Pages: 1246–1246

Head Matter:
Robert L. KOHN, Appellant, v. Tom R. DAVIS, Appellee.
No. VV-205.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 11, 1980.

Opinion:
THOMPSON, Judge.
Kohn, an applicant for the position of Dean of Students at Columbia High School, brought this defamation action against Davis, an elected member of the Columbia County School Board, seeking damages for allegedly slanderous remarks made by Davis about Kohn during a duly convened meeting of the School Board at which his application was under consideration. The trial court dismissed the complaint with prejudice finding that the statements made by Davis were absolutely privileged. We affirm. See, Hauser v. Urchisin, 231 So.2d 6 (Fla.1970); McNayr v. Kelly, 184 So.2d 428 (Fla.1966); Johnsen v. Carhart, 353 So.2d 874 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977).
ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., J., and WOOD-IE A. LILES (Ret.), Associate Judge, concur.