SCHMALENBERG v. TACOMA NEWS, INC.

No. 20029-5-II.

943 P.2d 350 (1997)

87 Wash.App. 579

Jan SCHMALENBERG and Barbara Schmalenberg, his wife, and Tri-Park Associates, a limited partnership, Appellants, v. TACOMA NEWS, INC., a Washington corporation, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

September 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles O. Morgan, San Francisco, CA, Herbert Gelman, Gelman & Associates, Tacoma, for Appellants.

John Richard Creatura, Gordon & Thomas Law Firm; William Edward Holt, Margaret Yvonne Archer, Gordon Thomas Honeywell Malanca Peterson & Daheim, Tacoma, for Respondent.


MORGAN, Judge.

Jan Schmalenberg, his wife Barbara Schmalenberg, and a limited partnership called Tri-Park Associates (collectively "the Schmalenbergs") sued the Tacoma News Tribune (Tribune) for defamation. The trial court granted a defense motion for summary judgment, and this appeal followed. We affirm.

In 1991 and 1992, the Schmalenbergs were planning and developing a 21-unit, long-term shelter for battered women...

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