DOMBEY v. PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 18122-PR.

150 Ariz. 476 (1986)

724 P.2d 562

Dale K. DOMBEY, and Billie Jo Dombey, his wife; and Dombey, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC., an Arizona corporation; and Bill Ahrens, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Reconsideration Denied September 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marton & Hall, P.A. by Kraig J. Marton, and Andrews, Marenda & Moseley, P.A. by William S. Andrews, and Goodson & Allen, Ltd. by John F. Goodson, Phoenix, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Gust, Rosenfeld, Divelbess & Henderson by James F. Henderson, Jeffrey A. Ekbom, Phoenix, for defendants-appellants.


FELDMAN, Justice.

This case arises from a series of allegedly defamatory newspaper articles in The Arizona Republic, a newspaper published by Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. (defendants). The articles asserted, inter alia, that plaintiff Dale Dombey (Dombey) had engaged in various improprieties while acting as the insurance agent of record for Maricopa County. At trial, the jury found the statements to be false and defamatory. The court of appeals affirmed...

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