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ERDMANN v. SF BROADCASTING OF GREEN BAY, INC.

No. 98-2660.

229 Wis.2d 156 (1999)

599 N.W.2d 1

Todd A. ERDMANN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SF BROADCASTING OF GREEN BAY, INC. and WLUK-TV Channel 11, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Brian C. Hough of Robinson Law Firm, Appleton.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Gregory B. Conway, Sarah E. Ramaker and April Rockstead Barker of Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, S.C., Green Bay.

A non-party brief was filed by James A. Friedman and Kendall W. Harrison of La Follette Sinykin, LLP, Madison, for The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association.

Before Cane, C.J., Myse, P.J., and Hoover, J.

MYSE, P.J.

Todd Erdmann appeals a summary judgment dismissing his defamation complaint. The trial court granted SF Broadcasting of Green Bay, Inc., and WLUK-TV Channel 11's (collectively, Channel 11) summary judgment motion on the grounds that: (1) an alleged television report defamation was substantially true and therefore protected by the fair report privilege; and (2) alternatively, that Erdmann was a limited purpose public figure and had failed to establish the...

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