PEAGLER v. PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 1 CA-CIV 4708.

131 Ariz. 308 (1981)

640 P.2d 1110

Julian PEAGLER and Dodge City Motors, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Appellants, v. PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC., an Arizona corporation, and Albert J. Sitter, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

Rehearing Denied February 2, 1982.

Petition Denied February 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears by Harry J. Cavanagh, Richard McC. Shannon, Phoenix, for appellants.

Snell & Wilmer, by Mark Wilmer, Lawrence Wright, Richard K. Mahrle, Phoenix, for appellees.


OPINION

CORCORAN, Judge.

This case is before the appellate courts for the second time. On the first appeal, our supreme court analyzed and reformulated the law as it relates to persons defamed who are neither public officials nor public figures, in the wake of decisions by the United States Supreme Court on the subject. Peagler v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., 114 Ariz. 309...

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