Mendise v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co.

McCkystal, Judge.

This is an appeal by Samuel Mendise et al. of the trial court’s grant of a motion for summary judgment in favor of the Plain Dealer Publishing Company et al.

On October 12, 1986, the Plain Dealer published an article (the “article”) written by Gary Webb under the headline, “Criminals Contribute to Laborers’ Political Funds.” The article reported accurately that a number of contributors to the political action committees of Laborers’ Union Locals 310 and 860 had criminal records and that the funds contributed by them to these political action committees had been used to support…