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VILLAGE OF GRAFTON v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO.

No. 3021.

70 Ohio App. 2d 205 (1980)

VILLAGE OF GRAFTON, APPELLANT, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY ET AL., APPELLEES.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Lorain County.

Decided November 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ford L. Noble, for appellant.

Messrs. Calfee, Halter & Griswold and Mr. Terence J. Clark, for appellees.

VICTOR, J.

This is an action for defamation which was brought by the appellant, the village of Grafton, against the appellees, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and the Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Company (Scripps-Howard). Scripps-Howard is the licensee of WEWS-TV, Channel 5 in Cleveland, an ABC affiliate.

At 10:00 p.m. on March 29, 1979, ABC broadcast an hourlong documentary entitled "The Killing Ground." It was carried in this area by WEWS-TV. The...

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