PEREZ v. SCRIPPS-HOWARD BROADCASTING CO.

No. 87-34.

35 Ohio St. 3d 215 (1988)

PEREZ, APPELLEE v. SCRIPPS-HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry W. Schmuck and James P. Adlon, for appellee.

Baker & Hostetler, Louis A. Colombo and Charles E. Jarrett, for appellants.


HERBERT R. BROWN, J.

This case calls upon us to decide whether summary judgment was properly entered against the plaintiff in a public-official defamation case. For the reasons which follow, we find that it was.

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The law of defamation has been given much attention by the federal courts and by this court. Rather than repetitiously plough old ground, we think it sufficient to sketch the law which serves as the foundation on which this case must be...

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