BURNS v. DENVER POST, INC.

No. 79CA0400.

606 P.2d 1310 (1979)

Yvonne C. BURNS, Individually and a parent and natural guardian of Kevin Burns and Renee Burns; Steven Burns, an Individual, and Bryan Burns, an Individual, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The DENVER POST, INC., a Colorado Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Division II.

Rehearing Denied November 23, 1979.

Certiorari Denied February 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Kofoed, P. C., Roger T. Castle, Denver, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Yegge, Hall & Evans, Thomas B. Kelley, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


STERNBERG, Judge.

Plaintiff, Yvonne Burns, ex-wife of a former Denver police sergeant who sustained serious injuries when a bomb exploded in 1972, appeals the dismissal on summary judgment of her libel action against the Denver Post. We affirm.

The plaintiff and Sergeant Burns had marital difficulties prior to the accident, and on two occasions Mrs. Burns had filed divorce actions, the most recent of which was a few months prior to Sergeant Burns' being injured...

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