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CLARDY v. COWLES PUB. CO.

No. 14418-6-III.

912 P.2d 1078 (1996)

81 Wash.App. 53

John D. CLARDY, Appellant, v. The COWLES PUBLISHING COMPANY, a corporation; Bill Morlin, and John Does One through Ten, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel One.

March 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Clardy, Deer Park, pro se.

Duane M. Swinton, Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, Spokane, for respondent.

SWEENEY, Chief Judge.

A public figure must prove actual malice to recover for defamation. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 279-80, 84 S.Ct. 710, 726, 11 L.Ed.2d 686, 95 A.L.R.2d 1412 (1964). A public figure is one who has attained special "prominence in the affairs of society." Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323, 345, 94 S.Ct...

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