SCOTT v. NEWS-HERALD

No. 84-274.

25 Ohio St. 3d 243 (1986)

SCOTT, APPELLANT, v. THE NEWS-HERALD ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent L. English, for appellant.

Wickens, Herzer & Panza Co., L.P.A., David L. Herzer, Richard D. Panza, Richard A. Naegele and John J. Hurley, Jr., for appellees.


LOCHER, J.

The general issue presented in this appeal is whether summary judgment was properly granted against appellant who avers he was defamed by appellees' column. Because we hold, as a matter of law, that the article in question was opinion, we find for appellees and affirm the court of appeals.

I

This case requires us to reformulate the test and standard in the context of published comment alleged to be defamatory. In Milkovich v.

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