Jack T. Hammer v. Edward L. Slater, Loretta Slater, Herbert Jaffess, Renee Jaffess

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff-appellant, Jack Hammer, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendant-appellees, Herbert and Renee Jaffess, in this diversity action for libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Because we find that there was a genuine issue of material fact as to the Jaffesses’ actual malice with respect to the libel claim, we reverse in part and remand for further proceedings. We affirm the court’s grant of summary judgment on the claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

I. BACKGROUND

Many of the basic facts underlying…