LeBOEUF v. TIMES PICAYUNE PUBLISHING CORPORATION

No. 7259.

327 So.2d 430 (1976)

Russell Mark LeBOEUF v. TIMES PICAYUNE PUBLISHING CORPORATION and the Parish of Jefferson, through its Sheriff Alwynn J. Cronvich, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, for plaintiff-appellant.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans (Rutledge C. Clement, Jr., and John G. Weinmann), New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, The Times-Picayune Pub. Corp.

Cronvich & Wambsgans, Metairie (A. W. Wambsgans) Metairie and Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Baton Rouge (Emile C. Rolfs, III), Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee, Sheriff Alwynn J. Cronvich.

Before GULOTTA, SCHOTT and BEER, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

Plaintiff has appealed from a summary judgment in favor of defendant, Times Picayune Publishing Corporation, denying a claim for damages for alleged defamation or libel, and a summary judgment in favor of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff denying a claim that the release of incorrect information by the Sheriff constituted actionable negligence.

On May 9, 1974, the Times Picayune newspaper published an article reporting that on May 8, 1974, in Kenner...

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