REIGHARD v. ESPN, INC.

No. 355053.

991 N.W.2d 803 (2022)

341 Mich. App. 526

Jerry REIGHARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ESPN, INC., and Daniel Murphy, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 12, 2022, at 9:20 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Granzotto, PC, Royal Oak, (by Mark Granzotto ) and The Mastromarco Firm, Saginaw, (by Victor J. Mastromarco and Kevin L. Kula ) for plaintiff.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (by Nathan Siegel and Alison Schary ) and Dykema Gossett PLLC, Ann Arbor, (by Jill M. Wheaton and Erin A. Sedmak , Lansing) for defendants.

Before: Boonstra, P.J., and M. J. Kelly and Swartzle, JJ.


In this defamation action, plaintiff, Jerry Reighard (Reighard), appeals by right the trial court's order granting defendants' motion for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(10). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

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