ROUCH v. ENQUIRER & NEWS OF BATTLE CREEK

Docket No. 66177.

137 Mich. App. 39 (1984)

357 N.W.2d 794

ROUCH v. ENQUIRER & NEWS OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Jereck, for plaintiff.

Sullivan, Hamilton, Ryan & Schultz (by James M. Sullivan), for defendants.

Before: R.M. MAHER, P.J., and GRIBBS and K.N. SANBORN, JJ.


K.N. SANBORN, J.

On June 14, 1982, the trial court granted summary judgment for defendant on the basis that plaintiff could not prove that defendant acted with actual malice in the publication of a defamatory news item. Plaintiff appeals as of right.

On December 22, 1979, defendant printed the following story under the headline, "Police arrest suspect in baby-sitter assault":

"A 43-year-old man has been...

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