McCain v. KTVY, INC.

HANSEN, Presiding Judge:

Gene McCain d/b/a Uncle Amos Barbeque, and Uncle Amos Foods, Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation filed the present action against KTVY, Inc. seeking damages for defamation. Plaintiff McCain originally brought suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Okla homa. That action was dismissed for lack of diversity jurisdiction. Uncle Amos Poods, Inc. was not a Plaintiff in that action. In the present action Plaintiffs alleged KTVY, in its series “Behind the Kitchen Doors”, defamed them by airing a broadcast warning the public to stay away from McCain’s…