BENSON v. GRIFFIN TELEVISION, INC.

No. 50403.

593 P.2d 511 (1978)

Tommy BENSON, Appellant, v. GRIFFIN TELEVISION, INC., d/b/a KWTV Channel 9 and Bob Mosely, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1978.

Certiorari Denied March 26, 1979.

Released for Publication March 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Pugh and Al Pugh, and Kade A. McClure, Oklahoma City, on the brief, for appellant.

Andrews, Mosburg, Davis, Elam, Legg & Bixler, Inc. by Robert D. Nelon, Roy J. Davis, Oklahoma City, for appellees.


Released for Publication by Order of Court of Appeals March 29, 1979.

ROMANG, Judge:

Plaintiff sued the Defendant television station (Station) for a defamatory broadcast of the following statement concerning a local bank robbery:

"... F.B.I. agents and Highway Patrolmen converged on the home of ... [Plaintiff], but found only one man at the home who claimed he didn't know ... [the Plaintiff] or his whereabouts...

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