SISLEY v. SEATTLE SCHOOL DIST. NO. 1

No. 67552-4-I.

286 P.3d 974 (2012)

Hugh K. SISLEY and Martha E. Sisley, both individually and on behalf of their marital community, Appellants, v. SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, a public corporation, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered October 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. Grant , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Appellants.

Jeffrey A.O. Freimund , Attorney at Law, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.


DWYER, J.

¶ 1 Hugh and Martha Sisley (the Sisleys) appeal from the trial court's summary judgment dismissal of their defamation action asserted against Seattle School District No. 1. The allegedly defamatory statement was written by a high school student journalist and published in a student newspaper, The Roosevelt News, which is produced as part of the school curriculum at Roosevelt High School. In the trial court, the Sisleys failed to establish a prima...

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