Legal Opinion
Boone v. Sunbelt Newspapers, Inc.
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided November 19, 2001No. 3410PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
This is a defamation action. Marvin Boone, a law enforcement officer, sued Sunbelt Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a The Times and Democrat (“Sunbelt”), alleging it published a newspaper article that contained false, misleading, and defamatory statements made about him by a local citizen. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Sunbelt, finding the article could not be understood as making false statements with a defamatory meaning about Boone and, in the alternative, the statements were privileged. Boone appeals. We affirm.
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