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ROMERO v. ABBEVILLE BROADCASTING SERVICE

No. 82-116.

420 So.2d 1247 (1982)

Alton "Tan" ROMERO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ABBEVILLE BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC., Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 13, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson, Sellers & Bundick, Dennis Bundick, Abbeville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Broussard, Broussard & Moresi, Marcus A. Broussard, Jr., Abbeville, for defendant-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, GUIDRY and LABORDE, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a defamation suit. Plaintiff is Alton "Tan" Romero, a deputy sheriff of Vermilion Parish. Defendant, Abbeville Broadcasting Service, Inc., is the owner of a radio station. The trial court held the plaintiff was a public figure and/or public official, and therefore the defendant must have been guilty of "actual malice." The court then found as a fact that no actual malice by the radio station was proven. From a judgment dismissing his suit...

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