Jeffery Todd Burke v. Sparta Newspaper, Inc.

07/23/2018 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE April 13, 2017 Session JEFFERY TODD BURKE v. SPARTA NEWSPAPERS, INC. Appeal from the Circuit Court for White County No. CC-2605 Amy V. Hollars, Judge ___________________________________ No. M2016-01065-COA-R3-CV ___________________________________ The trial court granted summary judgment to defendant publisher of an allegedly defamatory newspaper article concerning plaintiff. The article was based upon a one-on- one, private interview between the public information officer for the White County Sheriff’s Office and a newspaper…