Young v. Morning Journal

The specific issue before us is whether the trial court properly granted summary judgment for the appellants. For the following reasons, we find that summary judgment was not properly granted.

R.C. 2317.05 states that “[t]he publication of a fair and impartial report of * * * any * * * document in any criminal or civil cause in any court of competent jurisdiction, or of a fair and impartial report of the contents thereof, is privileged * * We recently held that “in order to show that a publication falls within the privilege of R.C. 2317.05, the defendant must demonstrate that the publication…