FUCHS v. SCRIPPS HOWARD BROADCASTING CO.

No. C-050166.

170 Ohio App.3d 679 (2006)

2006-Ohio-5349

FUCHS et al., Appellants, v. SCRIPPS HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY et al., Appellees, et al.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, First District, Hamilton County.

Decided October 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keating Muething & Klekamp, P.L.L., Richard L. Creighton Jr., William A. Posey, Matthew K. Buck, and Jason M. Cohen, for appellants.

Wood & Lamping, L.L.P., and Peter M. Burrell, for appellees Penelope Orr, Steve Francis, and Rebecca Benoit.

Frost Brown Todd, L.L.C., Richard M. Goehler, Jill Meyer Vollman, and Monica L. Dias, for appellees Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company, d.b.a. WCPO-TV, William Fee, Robert Morford, and Hagit Limor.


MARK P. PAINTER, Judge.

{¶ 1} The media has great freedom in this country because we value its watchdog role. Yet the public's right to know must be balanced by an individual's privacy interests — and it is where these intersect that the courts must be careful to balance both interests.

{¶ 2} Here, a TV station did investigative reporting. It was sued for defamation...

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