SCHMITZ v. ASTON

No. 1 CA-CV 98-0121.

3 P.3d 1184 (2000)

197 Ariz. 264

Stephen SCHMITZ and Sharon Schmitz, husband and wife, Defendants, Counterclaimants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. Daniel ASTON and Cynthia Aston, individually and as husband and wife, Plaintiffs, Counterdefendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department D.

March 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holloway Odegard & Sweeney, P.C. by Kevin B. Sweeney, Charles M. Callahan and Meyers Law Firm by J. Tyrrell Taber, Phoenix, for Defendants, Counterclaimants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

Stanley M. Slonaker, Phoenix, for Plaintiffs, Counterdefendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.


OPINION

RYAN, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Stephen and Sharon Schmitz and Daniel and Cynthia Aston were neighbors. The Schmitzes came to believe that Mr. Aston had molested their daughter. They told several neighbors, who had children about the same age as their daughter, that they suspected that Mr. Aston had molested their daughter. The Astons subsequently sued for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and false light invasion of privacy...

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