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CRAIN v. LIGHTNER

No. 16573.

364 S.E.2d 778 (1987)

Richard E. CRAIN v. Robert L. LIGHTNER, Roy E. Barker, Joseph C. Hummel, David R. Gold, James D. Elson, Robert L. Elson, Marilyn Joan Elson, David Sedore and The Ogden Newspapers, Inc., A Corporation.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Metzner, Wheeling, for Crain.

William E. Watson, Wellsburg, for Lightner, Barker, & Hummel.

Ernest Simon, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Gold.

J.K. Chase, Jr., Moundsville, for Elson's.

James F. Companion, Wheeling, for Gold.

Herbert G. Underwood, Clarksburg, for Sedore & Ogden Newspapers.

McHUGH, Justice:

This civil action involving alleged libel is before this Court upon an appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, West Virginia, granting the defendants'/appellees' motion for summary judgment. The plaintiff/appellant is Richard E. Crain, a bail bondsman. The defendants/appellees are Robert L. Lightner, at all relevant times the Sheriff of Marshall County, West Virginia, Roy E. Barker...

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