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SCHENCK v. OREGON TELEVISION, INC.

(94-10-07049; CA A91533.)

934 P.2d 480 (1997)

146 Or. App. 430

Ronald D. SCHENCK, Appellant, v. OREGON TELEVISION, INC., dba KPTV 12 Northwest Reports; Lars Larson; State of Oregon; Eric W. Valentine; Beverly Penz; and Mary Goebel, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

February 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald D. Schenck filed the briefs pro se.

Duane A. Bosworth and Lori Lee Brocker, Portland, filed the brief for respondents Oregon Television, Inc., and Lars Larson.

Theodore R. Kulongoski, Attorney General, Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General, and Jas. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondents State of Oregon, Eric W. Valentine, Beverly Penz and Mary Goebel.

Before WARREN, P.J., and EDMONDS and ARMSTRONG, JJ.

EDMONDS, Judge.

In this defamation case, plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing his claims against defendants Valentine, Penz and Goebel under ORCP 21, and from a summary judgment in favor of Oregon Television, KPTV and Lars Larson (media defendants). ORCP 47. We reverse.

Defendants Valentine, Penz and Goebel are either elected public officials or public employees who allegedly made defamatory statements about plaintiff. The trial court dismissed them...

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