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WHITE v. WILKERSON

No. 24711.

328 S.C. 179 (1997)

493 S.E.2d 345

William Gary WHITE, III, and John T. McMillan, Appellants, v. Avery B. WILKERSON, Jr., individually and in his official capacity as mayor of the City of Cayce; E.H. Heustess, Jr., individually and in his official capacity as city manager of the City of Cayce; and Columbia Bible College Broadcasting Co., Inc., d/b/a WMHK Radio Station, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 10, 1997.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lex. A. Rogerson, Jr., Lexington, for appellants.

Susan P. McWilliams and J. Michelle Childs, of Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, LLP, Columbia, for respondent Avery B. Wilkerson, Jr.

William L. Pope and Roy F. Laney, of Pope & Rogers, Columbia, for respondent Columbia Bible College Broadcasting Co., Inc., d/b/a WMHK Radio Station.

WALLER, Justice:

Appellants sued respondents alleging certain statements broadcast in a radio interview had defamed them. The trial court granted summary judgment for respondents, finding the statements complained of were incapable of having a defamatory meaning and the radio station was qualifiedly privileged. Appellants have appealed.

FACTS

In 1990 Appellants, who are attorneys, represented two...

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