YANCEY v. HAMILTON

No. 88-SC-693-DG.

786 S.W.2d 854 (1989)

Gregory Lynn YANCEY, Movant, v. Fred H. HAMILTON, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.B. Rees, Gregory K. Berry, Florence, Ky., Raymond S. Bogucki, Augusta, Ky., for appellant.

Asa Rouse, Rouse, Benson & Koenig, P.S.C., Walton, Ky., for respondent, Fred H. Hamilton.

Richard G. Meyer, Deters, Benzinger & LaVelle, Covington, Ky., for remaining appellees.


STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The principal issue to be decided on this appeal is whether the publishing of a remark that an individual was a "con artist" is absolutely privileged as a statement of opinion under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Movant Gregory Yancey sued respondents Fred Hamilton and The Kentucky Post and several of its employees in Boone Circuit Court for libel and invasion of privacy. The genesis of this action began...

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