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FERGUSON v. WATKINS

No. 54629.

448 So.2d 271 (1984)

Charles B. FERGUSON, et al., Appellants, v. William E. WATKINS, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe D. Pegram, Oxford, for appellants.

W. Joel Blass, Mize, Thompson & Blass, Gulfport, for appellees.

En Banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This is a libel action brought against a newspaper and its editorial columnist.

Three physicians operating the emergency room in a publicly funded hospital demanded ouster of the hospital administrator. They were subjected to searing commentary by an editorial columnist in a local newspaper.

We hold that such persons are not libeled even though described in...

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