SAATHOFF v. KUHLMAN

Nos. 24861, 24869.

763 N.W.2d 800 (2009)

2009 SD 17

Larry SAATHOFF, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Myron KUHLMAN, Defendant, Third Party Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Sandra Larson and Lance Noem, Third-Party Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Reassigned December 29, 2008.

Decided March 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark V. Meierhenry Patrick J. Glover of Danforth & Meierhenry, LLP, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellant.

Jack H. Hieb of Richardson, Wyly, Wise, Sauck & Hieb, LLP, Aberdeen, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendant, third party plaintiff and appellee.


GILBERTSON, Chief Justice (on reassignment).

[¶ 1.] Larry Saathoff sued Myron Kuhlman for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress based on the implications of a letter to the editor authored by Kuhlman and published in area newspapers. Kuhlman sued Saathoff, Sandra Larson, and Lance Noem for defamation based on three allegations set forth in a petition they circulated. The circuit court granted...

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