SPIELBERG v. B.J.C. HEALTH SYSTEM GROUP, 996 S.W.2d 660 (Mo.App.E.D. 1999)

SCOTT SPIELBERG, PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT, v. B.J.C. HEALTH SYSTEM GROUP, D/B/A B.J.C. ORTHOPEDIC REHABILITATION CENTER, DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT.

No. 75053.Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, DIVISION FOUR.
FILED: May 11, 1999. Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied June 10, 1999. Application for Transfer Denied August 24, 1999.

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, HON. PHILIPJ. SWEENEY.

Mark D. Hirschfeld, Clayton, MO, for appellant.
Steven S. Wassman, Jeffery T. McPherson; Armstrong Teasdale,St. Louis, MO, for respondent.

Before Hoff, P.J. and Gaertner, J. and Russell, J.

ORDER
PER CURIAM

[1] Scott Spielberg (Spielberg) appeals from the trial court’s judgment granting the motion to dismiss his petition for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted (motion to dismiss) filed by B.J.C. Health System Group, d/b/a/ B.J.C. Orthopedic Rehabilitation Center (B.J.C.). Spielberg argues the trial court erred in granting B.J.C.’s motion to dismiss because he sufficiently pleaded all the essential elements for his claims of defamation and “intentional interference with economic expectancy.”

[2] We have reviewed the briefs of the parties, the legal file, and the record on appeal and find the claims of error to be without merit. No error of law appears. An extended opinion would have no precedential value. Judgment affirmed pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).

TO: Attorneys of Record and others receiving Eastern District Opinions

FROM: Lynn Cooper Hearnes, Clerk of Court

RE: No. ED75028

TERESA ANNE JENNEWEIN, f/k/a PURICELLI, Appellant, v. MICHAEL THOMAS PURICELLI, Respondent.

DATE: May 11, 1999

[3] Please substitute the attached corrected pages in the above-styled appeal that was handed down on April 6, 1999. This substitution does not constitute a new opinion.