SLOVENSKY v. BIRMINGHAM NEWS CO., INC.

Civ. 1405.

358 So.2d 474 (1978)

Elizabeth SLOVENSKY v. BIRMINGHAM NEWS COMPANY, INC., a corporation; the Birmingham News Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Newhouse Publishing Company, Inc., a corporation.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

May 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Kracke, Birmingham, for appellant.

James C. Barton and Henry J. Swedlaw, Birmingham, for appellee, Birmingham News Co.


HOLMES, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson County's action granting the defendant's motion for summary judgment. The plaintiff appeals and we affirm.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the plaintiff, in her complaint, states a claim upon which relief could be granted under the law of Alabama. The trial judge, in granting summary judgment as indicated above, determined no such claim was stated. We agree.

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