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SILENCE v. JOURNAL STAR PRINTING CO.

No. 41556.

266 N.W.2d 533 (1978)

201 Neb. 159

George N. SILENCE and David J. Vivien, Appellants, impleaded with Johnny's American Inn, Inc., Appellee, v. JOURNAL STAR PRINTING COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

June 7, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. C. Bradford, III, and John B. Ashford, of Bradford & Coenen, Omaha, for appellants.

Alan E. Peterson, of Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, Lincoln, for appellees.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, BRODKEY, and WHITE, JJ.

BOSLAUGH, Justice.

The plaintiffs George N. Silence and David J. Vivien appeal from an order sustaining the defendants' motion for summary judgment as to two causes of action in a suit for libel. The plaintiffs were the owners and operators of a restaurant known as "Here's Johnny's" in Lincoln, Nebraska. Early in the evening of May 19, 1971, Jennie Sousek and Al E. Benes drank some coffee at the plaintiffs' restaurant. Several hours later they became ill. According...

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