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READ v. PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 1 CA-CV 89-176.

167 Ariz. 241 (1990)

805 P.2d 1062

Thane READ, a single man, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross Appellee, v. PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC., an Arizona corporation; The Arizona Republic, an Arizona corporation; The Phoenix Gazette, an Arizona corporation; Lori Roberts and John Doe Roberts, her husband; and Don Harris and Jane Doe Harris, his wife, Defendants-Appellees, Cross Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department D.

Review Granted March 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bayham & Beucler, P.C. by Alan Bayham, Phoenix, for plaintiff-appellant, cross appellee.

Gust, Rosenfeld & Henderson by James F. Henderson and Patricia Sallen, Phoenix, for defendants-appellees, cross appellants.

OPINION

VOSS, Presiding Judge.

We review the summary judgment granted defendants-appellees against plaintiff-appellant on his libel claim. The Arizona Republic (Republic) twice reported that Thane Read was sentenced for firing a gun after a motorist accidentally leaned on her car horn. The Phoenix Gazette (Gazette) reported that Read was sentenced after displaying a gun to a motorist who accidentally leaned on her horn. Read was actually convicted of exhibiting...

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