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HARMAN v. LA CROSSE TRIBUNE

No. 82-2279.

117 Wis.2d 448 (1984)

344 N.W.2d 536

Donald J. HARMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LA CROSSE TRIBUNE, Robert R. Johns, Daniel T. Flaherty, Terry C. Gillette, Alan C. Cole, Robert D. Johns, Jr., Galen W. Pittman, Robert S. Gallagher, Gerard O'Flaherty and Kenneth O. Blanchard, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the brief of Helen Zoellner Kelly and Donald J. Harman, Ltd., of La Crosse.

For the defendants-respondents Kenneth O. Blanchard, Robert S. Gallagher and the La Crosse Tribune, the cause was submitted on the brief of Richard J. Delacenserie and Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field of Madison.

For the defendants-respondents Robert D. Johns, Daniel T. Flaherty, Terry C. Gillette, Alan C. Cole, Robert D. Johns, Jr., Galen W. Pittman and Gerard O'Flaherty, the cause was submitted on the brief of Melissa Uelk Smith, and Bell, Metzner & Gierhart, S.C. of Madison.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman, J. and Gordon Myse, Reserve Judge.

DYKMAN, J.

Harman was a shareholder and employee of the firm of Johns, Flaherty, Harman and Gillette, S.C. On March 25, 1975, the shareholders of Harman's law firm voted to terminate his employment. Harman brought an action against the shareholders and the La Crosse Tribune, its editor, and its publisher, claiming the Tribune had wrongfully interfered with his employment. He also claimed the discharge violated his rights to free speech and to petition the government...

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