DUFFY v. OGDEN NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 14974.

294 S.E.2d 121 (1982)

Eileen C. DUFFY v. The OGDEN NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al., And U. P. I., etc., et al., etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gompers, Buch & McCarthy and T. Carroll McCarthy, Jr., Wheeling, for appellant.

Pinsky, Barnes, Watson, Cuomo & Hinerman and William E. Watson, Wellsburg, Baker & Hostetler, Bruce W. Sanford and Evan Jay Cutting, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellees.


HARSHBARGER, Justice:

On March 1, 1979, Duffy sued defendant newspapers alleging they "did negligently, maliciously, wantonly, wilfully and with such gross recklessness and gross carelessness as to amount to wanton and wilful disregard of the rights of the plaintiff, utter and publish, or did cause to be uttered and published, a certain false, scandalous, malicious and defamatory and libelous story about the plaintiff in a front page article."

She wanted damages...

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