TOCCO v. PIERSANTE

Docket No. 24422.

69 Mich. App. 616 (1976)

245 N.W.2d 356

TOCCO v. PIERSANTE

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weinstein, Kroll & Gordon, P.C., and Bellanca & Beattie, for plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, and Patrick J. Devlin, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.

Before: D.F. WALSH, P.J., and R.M. MAHER and M.J. KELLY, JJ.


Leave to appeal applied for.

M.J. KELLY, J.

The plaintiff, Jack W. Tocco, brought suit in Wayne County Circuit Court against defendant Vincent W. Piersante, alleging that he had been intentionally and maliciously defamed by the defendant on various occasions and requesting general and exemplary damages.

Defendant filed a motion asking alternatively for accelerated or summary judgment. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant...

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