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CLYBURN v. NEWS WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 89-7057.

903 F.2d 29 (1990)

John B. CLYBURN, Appellant, v. NEWS WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC., and One-Up Enterprises, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Philip Kessel, with whom Milton Heller, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Allen V. Farber, with whom Keith R. Anderson and James A. Barker, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, RUTH BADER GINSBURG and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

In a series of articles and editorials in 1986 the Washington Times described Joann Medina's collapse from a drug overdose and her death four days later. The paper depicted Medina's boyfriend, plaintiff John Clyburn, as waiting "several critical hours" after Medina's collapse to call for help, in order to allow other partygoers to leave the scene. Clyburn...

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