TOMKIEWICZ v. DETROIT NEWS, INC.

Docket No. 217995.

635 N.W.2d 36 (2001)

246 Mich. App. 662

Gary TOMKIEWICZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The DETROIT NEWS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided July 10, 2001, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication October 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. Becker & Associates (by Frank G. Becker and Gregory D. Bill), Southfield, for the plaintiff.

Butzel Long (by James E. Stewart, Eugene H. Boyle, Jr., and Laurie J. Michelson), Detroit, for the defendant.

Before ZAHRA, P.J., and SMOLENSKI and GAGE, JJ.


GAGE, J.

Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order granting defendant summary disposition of his defamation and false light invasion of privacy claims. We affirm.

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Plaintiff, a lieutenant with the city of Dearborn Heights Police Department, was the lead investigator into allegations of stalking against fellow city of Dearborn Heights Police Officer Kevin DeHart. In its newspaper dated January 8, 1998...

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