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WHITMORE v. KANSAS CITY STAR COMPANY

No. KCD 26089.

499 S.W.2d 45 (1973)

Elmer E. WHITMORE, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The KANSAS CITY STAR COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied September 4, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Barbieri, and Commodore M. Combs, Jr., Kansas City, for plaintiff-appellant.

David R. Hardy, John T. Martin, Robert E. Northrip, Shook, Hardy, Mitchell & Bacon, Kansas City, for defendant-respondent.

Before DIXON, C.J., PRITCHARD, and SOMERVILLE, JJ., and DONALD B. CLARK, Special Judge.

SOMERVILLE, Judge.

Elmer E. Whitmore, Jr.'s action against The Kansas City Star Company is predicated on libel per se. The purported malediction was contained in an article published on July 29, 1967, in the "Times Edition" of The Kansas City Star Company.

Whitmore was employed by the Jackson County Juvenile Court as a Deputy Juvenile Officer in the Foster Home Department. Homer Ontman, who also figured prominently in the article, was likewise an employee...

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