Whiteside v. Russellville Newspapers, Inc.

PAUL E. DANIELSON, Justice.

|!Appellant Ryan Whiteside appeals from the circuit court’s order granting summary judgment to appellees Russell-ville Newspapers, Inc., Paxton Media Group, LLC, Neal Ronquist, Scott Perkins, and Janie Ginocchio (collectively, “the Newspaper”) in an action for libel and defamation. 1 He further appeals from the circuit court’s order denying his motion for new trial. Whiteside asserts four points on appeal: (1) that the circuit court erred in holding that witness statements in a police report were official public documents; (2) that the circuit court erred in finding…