DERK L. ALLABEN, v. JAMES T. KEENAN and THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES T. KEENAN, P.A.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA DERK L. ALLABEN, Appellant, v. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED CASE NO. 1D10-5689 JAMES T. KEENAN and THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES T. KEENAN, P.A., Appellees. _________________________________/ Opinion filed August 23, 2011. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. Jack M. Schemer, Judge. Derk L. Allaben, pro se, Appellant. John A. Carlisle and Rutledge R. Liles of Liles, Gavin, Costantino, George & Dearing, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellees. PER CURIAM. The trial court erred as a matter of law by dismissing appellant s amended complaint, because the four corners of the complaint do not show that appellee s allegedly defamatory statement about appellant to Ms. Allaben had some connection to matters that were the subject of Ms. Allaben s dissolution proceeding. REVERSED and REMANDED. PADOVANO, LEWIS, and THOMAS, JJ., CONCUR. 2
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