MATALKA v. LAGEMANN

No. 84AP-546.

21 Ohio App. 3d 134 (1985)

MATALKA, APPELLANT, v. LAGEMANN ET AL., APPELLEES.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Franklin County.

Decided January 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Neal, for appellant.

Riley, Ucker & Lavinsky and Timothy J. Ucker, for appellees.


NORRIS, J.

Plaintiff-appellant, George A. Matalka, appeals an order of the trial court sustaining defendants-appellees' motion to dismiss his lawsuit. Plaintiff's complaint alleged that defendants, a weekly Gahanna newspaper and its editor, had libeled him by publishing editorials and cartoons.

Plaintiff was chairman of the committee seeking the recall of the Mayor of Gahanna, and it is apparent from the publications that the defendants were opposed to the...

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