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ROUCH v. ENQUIRER & NEWS

Docket No. 108595.

184 Mich. App. 19 (1990)

457 N.W.2d 74

ROUCH v. ENQUIRER & NEWS OF BATTLE CREEK

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 4, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Jereck, for plaintiff.

Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle (by Robert C. Bernius), and Sullivan, Hamilton & Schulz (by James M. Sullivan), for defendant.

Before: MURPHY, P.J., and NEFF and G.S. ALLEN, JJ.

NEFF, J.

In this libel action, which is based on a news report of plaintiff's arrest published by defendant newspaper on December 22, 1979, defendant appeals as of right from a jury verdict awarding plaintiff $1 million. We affirm.

I

The underlying facts are not in dispute. At the time of publication plaintiff was a single, forty-three-year-old man residing with his two children, Tony and Nick, at 631...

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