SLAWIK v. NEWS-JOURNAL CO.


428 A.2d 15 (1981)

Melvin A. SLAWIK, Appellant, v. The NEWS-JOURNAL COMPANY, an unincorporated company owned by Gannett Company, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, and Gannett Company, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided March 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Luce, Wilmington (argued), for appellant.

Louis J. Finger (argued) of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for appellees.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., DUFFY and HORSEY, JJ.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff appeals Superior Court's grant of defendant-appellee Gannett Company, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment as to plaintiff's action for defamation or libel.

The alleged libel was contained in a September 1979 News-Journal paper editorial titled, "A Career Is Blighted." The editorial concerned another individual, Wendell Howell, a public official who had recently pled guilty to a charge of official...

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