Legal Opinion
Scaccia v. Dayton Newspapers, Inc., 22813 (2-20-2009)
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided February 20, 2009No. 22813PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
{¶ 1} John J. Scaccia and his former wife, Cynthia Scaccia (collectively, "the Scaccias"), appeal from a judgment of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, which granted summary judgment to Dayton Newspapers, Inc. and a number of its employees (collectively, "DNI") on the Scaccias' defamation claim. The Scaccias' claim was based on five articles — four news articles and one opinion article — published by the Dayton Daily News in 1998 regarding the Scaccias' involvement with Charles Hoffman, an elderly neighbor who had given the Scaccias more than $500,000 in money and gifts…
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