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MOHR v. GRANT

No. 74208-1.

108 P.3d 768 (2005)

153 Wash.2d 812

Eliot B. MOHR, individually; Mohr & Company, Inc. d/b/a Kitchen Interior Showcase, Respondents, v. Tom GRANT and "Jane Doe" Grant, husband and wife, individually, and the marital community composed thereof; and Spokane Television, Inc., a Washington corporation d/b/a/ KXLY-TV, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 24, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurel Hobbs Siddoway, Spokane, for Petitioners.

Ryan Marshall Beaudoin, Witherspoon Kelley Davenport & Toole PS, Spokane, for Respondents.

Bruce Edward Humble Johnson, Michele Lynn Earl-Hubbard, Alison Page Howard, Eric B. Martin, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae Allied Daily Newspaper of Wash. Inc., Fisher Communications Inc., Gannett Co. Inc., Kittitas County Pub. LLC, Puget Sound Business Journal, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Skagit Valley Pub. Co., Society of Professional Journalists, The Columbian, The Daily World, The McClatchy Co., The Seattle Times, The Yakima Herald-Republic, Wash. Newspaper Publishers Ass'n, Wash. State Ass'n of Broadcasters.

FAIRHURST, J.

¶ 1 Respondents, Eliot B. Mohr and Mohr & Company, Inc., d/b/a Kitchen Interior Showcase (hereinafter Mohr or KIS), filed a defamation suit alleging that a series of newscasts aired by petitioners, KXLY-TV and reporter Tom Grant (hereinafter KXLY and Grant), were defamatory because they contained false statements and omitted material facts. The trial court granted KXLY and Grant's motion for summary judgment, holding that Mohr failed to establish...

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