REDMOND v. SUN PUBLISHING CO.

No. 57,441

239 Kan. 30 (1986)

716 P.2d 168

OLIVER REDMOND, Appellant, v. THE SUN PUBLISHING CO., INC., and CLYDE M. REED, individually and as Editor and Publisher of THE PARSONS SUN, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Phillips, Jr., of Phillips & Phillips, Chartered, of Wichita, argued the cause and James S. Phillips, Sr., of the same firm, was with him on the brief for appellant.

Richard C. Dearth, of Jones, Markham, Dearth, Markham & Johnson, Chartered, of Parsons, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

LOCKETT, J.:

Oliver Redmond contends that the defendants libeled him in a newspaper article printed in April of 1979. The Labette County District Court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment finding that the statements in the article were either substantially true or non-defamatory opinions and if the statements were not true, Redmond had failed to show special damages. Redmond appeals.

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