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CLAPP v. OLYMPIC VIEW PUB. CO., LLC.

No. 34473-4-II.

154 P.3d 230 (2007)

Stephen CLAPP and Sequim Valley Ranch, Appellants, v. OLYMPIC VIEW PUBLISHING CO., LLC, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Publication Ordered March 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney Q. Fonda, Melissa O'loughlin White, Cozen O'Connor, Seattle, WA, for Appellants.

Bruce Edward Humble Johnson, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Signe H Brunstad, University of Wash. School of Law, William H Gates Hall, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Allied Daily Newspapers of Wash., The Washington Newspaper Publishers, Washington Coalition for Open Government, The Evergreen Freedom Foundation, The Center for Justice.

ARMSTRONG, J.

¶ 1 Stephen Clapp and Sequim Valley Ranch appeal the dismissal of their defamation action against Olympic View Publishing. The defamation action centered on Olympic View's publication of a Sequim Valley employee's allegations, contained in a petition for a protective order, that Clapp had pressured employees to commit perjury in support of Sequim Valley in another lawsuit. The trial court ruled that the fair reporting privilege protected Olympic...

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