Deville v. Defending Attorneys for Continental Oil Co.

CULPEPPER, Judge Pro Tern.

Elton Deville, plaintiff, brought this defamation action seeking damages for injury to his reputation and business as a result of the appearance of an alleged defamatory allegation in a trial memorandum prepared by defendants, attorneys at law. The trial memorandum was the product of a previously litigated Federal Court case where the defendants herein represented the parties adverse to the plaintiff, Deville. The trial court held, that as a matter of law, the statement was not defamatory and granted summary judgment in favor of defendants. Plaintiff now appeals. We…