DOMINO v. STRIPLEN

No. 12286.

366 So.2d 1035 (1978)

Frank DOMINO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Charles STRIPLEN (Amended 10-3-75) Larry Joseph Doiron, Charles Russell Brownell, Louis A. "Buck" Russell, Joe Williams, Steven Mire, Sidney Solar, Jr., A. J. "Peewee" Duplantis, Theophile Carter and Shopper's Weekly, Inc. d/b/a St. Mary Journal (Paul Vella & Harry Gautier dismissed 3-10-78), Defendant and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Minos Simon, Lafayette, Allen A. McElroy, Jr., McElroy & Ramsey, Berwick, for plaintiff and appellant.

Edward M. Leonard, Jr., Leonard & Hayes, Morgan City, for Paul Dugas, Mrs. D. Ross, Mrs. J. Watson and Dickie Mire, Charles R. Brownell, Steven Mire, Paul Vella, Louis A. Russell, Joe Williams, Harry Gautier and Shoppers Weekly, Inc.

John G. Torian, II, Lafayette, for Larry Doiron and Theophile Carter.

Cary W. Vercher, Morgan City, for A. J. "Peewee" Duplantis.

Jacob Landry, New Iberia, for Continental Casualty Co.

Before SARTAIN, CHIASSON and EDWARDS, JJ.


EDWARDS, Judge.

This is a defamation suit. Plaintiff, Frank Domino, appeals two adverse judgments of the trial court which 1) dismissed his suit against two defendants, Paul Vella and Harry Gautier, on a motion for summary judgment and 2) dismissed the suit against defendant, Charles Russell Brownell, on a motion for summary judgment.

The present action arises out of the 1974 election for mayor of Morgan City in...

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