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JONES v. PALMER COMMUNICATIONS, INCORPORATED

No. 88-371.

440 N.W.2d 884 (1989)

Anthony S. JONES, Appellee, v. PALMER COMMUNICATIONS, INCORPORATED, Steve Oswalt and Scott Pope, Appellants, City of Des Moines, Iowa, Robert V. Armstrong, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Chief of the Des Moines Fire Department, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Reynolds of Whitfield, Musgrave & Eddy, and Michael A. Giudicessi, Des Moines, for appellants.

Charles E. Gribble of Sayre & Gribble, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

ANDREASEN, Justice.

Anthony S. Jones filed a lawsuit alleging libel and false light invasion of privacy stemming from a news telecast concerning his termination from employment as a Des Moines firefighter. The trial court denied a motion for summary judgment filed by the media defendants: Palmer Communications, Inc., Steve Oswalt and Scott Pope (hereinafter referred to as Palmer). We granted Palmer's application for interlocutory appeal. This appeal does not involve...

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