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DIXON v. OGDEN NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 19425.

416 S.E.2d 237 (1992)

Ronald L. DIXON, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. OGDEN NEWSPAPERS, INC., a Corporation, Defendant Below, Appellant. and Donald J. NAEGELE, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. OGDEN NEWSPAPERS, INC., a Corporation, Defendant Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided February 27, 1992.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Metzner, Wheeling, for appellees.

Herbert G. Underwood, Matthew J. Mullaney, Clarksburg, for appellant.

BROTHERTON, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Ronald L. Dixon and Donald J. Naegele, brought separate libel actions in the Circuit Court of Ohio County, West Virginia, against Ogden Newspapers, Inc., publisher of The Intelligencer, a newspaper with a circulation of approximately 24,000 in the northern panhandle of West Virginia. The two cases were consolidated for purposes of discovery and trial.

The defendant newspaper initially moved for dismissal in accordance...

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