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CRITTENDON v. COMBINED COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

No. 53029.

714 P.2d 1026 (1985)

William F. CRITTENDON and William F. Crittendon, M.D., Inc., Appellees, v. COMBINED COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, an Oklahoma corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fielding D. Hass, and Luttrell, Pendarvis & Rawlinson by John M. Luttrell, Norman, for appellees.

Andrews Davis Legg Bixler by Roy J. Davis and Robert D. Nelon, Oklahoma City, and Satterlee & Stephens by Robert M. Callagy, and Barbara L. Wartelle, New York City, for appellant.

Bonds, Matthews, Bonds & Hayes by A. Camp Bonds, Jr., Muskogee, and Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle by John B. McCrory, Robert C. Bernius, Mary Louise Barhite, Rochester, N.Y., for amici curiae Muskogee Phoenix & Times-Democrat and The Tulsa World.

Jerry D. Sokolosky, Oklahoma City, for amici curiae Oklahoma Press Ass'n.

Nat. Ass'n of Broadcasters by Erwin G. Krasnow and Julian L. Shepard, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Nat. Ass'n of Broadcasters.

HODGES, Justice.

This appeal presents two primary questions: (1) Did the trial court err in submitting the issue of statutory privilege to the jury? (2) Were the broadcasts concerning the default hearing and judgment substantially accurate so as to be considered a fair and true report of a judicial proceeding and, therefore, privileged under 12 O.S. 1981 § 1443.1? We answer both questions in the affirmative. Based on our examination of this case, we find the...

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