Fisher v. Detroit Free Press, Inc

Plaintiff, William L. Fisher, an attorney acting in propria persona, appeals as of right from a circuit court bench opinion and order granting summary disposition in favor of defendant pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8) and (10) on plaintiff’s suit for defamation. Plaintiff’s complaint was filed on January 9, 1984, and alleged in relevant part:

4. On or about January 12, 1983; defendant falsely and maliciously published of plaintiff in a prominent place in said newspaper for said persons to read a matter addressed to the eye which was calculated to bring plaintiff into contempt, ridicule or obliquy…