DEITZ v. WOMETCO WEST MICHIGAN TV, INC.

Docket No. 85102.

160 Mich. App. 367 (1987)

407 N.W.2d 649

DEITZ v. WOMETCO WEST MICHIGAN TV, INC.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parmenter, Forsythe, Rude, Van Epps, Briggs & Fauri (by Arthur M. Rude), for plaintiff.

Warner, Norcross & Judd (by Roger M. Clark and J.A Cragwall, Jr.), for defendant.

Before: HOOD, P.J., and D.E. HOLBROOK, JR., and W.R. PETERSON, JJ.


HOOD, P.J.

Plaintiff appeals as of right from a circuit court order granting defendant television station's motion for summary judgment on plaintiff's defamation complaint for libel.

Plaintiff owned a real estate business in Newaygo County consisting of five offices throughout the county and seventy salespersons. On November 3 through 7, and 10 through 14, 1980, defendant broadcast a ten-part series entitled "King of Newaygo," during its newscasts, about plaintiff...

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