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BALL v. E.W. SCRIPPS CO.

No. 87-SC-826-DG.

801 S.W.2d 684 (1990)

Louis A. BALL, Movant, v. E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY, the Kentucky Post and Al Salvato, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

November 29, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank V. Benton, III, Benton, Benton & Luedeke, Fort Thomas, for movant.

Richard G. Meyer, Deters, Benzinger & Lavelle, Covington, for respondents.

LEIBSON, Justice.

This is a libel action brought by a public official, Louis A. Ball, Commonwealth Attorney for Campbell County, against The Kentucky Post, a daily newspaper serving the Northern Kentucky area, and Al Salvato, the reporter for the Post who wrote the articles at issue. The case for libel was made primarily on the basis of a two-part series, "Portrait of a Prosecutor," appearing in The Kentucky Post on November 17 and 19, 1984.

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