Sisley v. Seattle School District No. 1

¶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 *229a 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 facie case of falsity of the allegedly defamatory statement, as required in order to successfully resist a defense motion for summary judgment in a…