YATES v. GANNETT CO., INC.

Case No. 119,414 THIS OPINION HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS, Division No. 1.

523 P.3d 69 (2022)

2022 OK CIV APP 41

Travis YATES, an individual, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. GANNETT CO., INC., a Delaware Corporation d/b/a The Miami News-Record; Gatehouse Media Oklahoma Holdings, Inc. d/b/a The Miami-News Record; Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation; NBCUniversal Media, LLC; Public Radio Tulsa d/b/a KWGS FM 89.5, an Oklahoma resident; and Chris Polansky, an Oklahoma resident, individually and as an Employee of Public Radio Tulsa, Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

Mandate Issued: December 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas E. Stall , DOUGLAS E. STALL, PLLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and J. Schaad Titus , Dallas L. Jones , TITUS HILLIS REYNOLDS LOVE, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Plaintiff/Appellant,

S. Douglas Dodd , Anna M. Sanger , DOERNER, SAUNDERS, DANIEL & ANDERSON, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendant/Appellee Public Radio Tulsa and Chris Polansky, and.

Robert D. Nelon , John Epstein , HALL ESTILL, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Molly Aspan , HALL ESTILL, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants/Appellees Comcast Corporation, NBC UNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLC, GANNETT CO., INC., and GATEHOUSE MEDIA OKLAHOMA HOLDINGS, INC.


¶1 Appellant Travis Yates, a Tulsa police major, appeals the trial court's February 22, 2021 Order granting the media Appellees' Motions to Dismiss his claims for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false light invasion of privacy, and malicious wrong pursuant to the Oklahoma Citizens...

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