SNOWDEN v. PEARL RIVER BROADCASTING CORP.

Nos. 8460-8462.

251 So.2d 405 (1971)

Guerry SNOWDEN v. PEARL RIVER BROADCASTING CORP. et al. David Terry BLACKWELL et al., etc. v. PEARL RIVER BROADCASTING CORP. et al. John D. NEWMAN, M.D. v. PEARL RIVER BROADCASTING CORP. et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 1971.

Writ Refused October 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Sarpy, and Nathaniel P. Phillips, Jr., of Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, for appellants.

John W. Anthony, of Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, Bogalusa, and France W. Watts, III, of Watts & Watts, Franklinton, for appellees.

Before LANDRY, ELLIS and BLANCHE, JJ.


LANDRY, Judge.

Defendant, Pearl River Broadcasting Corporation (Broadcaster) suspensively appeals the judgment of the lower court condemning it to pay plaintiffs, Guerry Snowden, Dr. John D. Newman, and David Terry Blackwell, damages in the sum of $4,000.00, $5,000.00, and $2,500.00, respectively, for defamatory statements aired over radio station WBOX, located in Bogalusa, Louisiana, and owned and operated by Broadcaster. The demands of the named plaintiffs, as well...

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