Mosley v. Observer Publishing Co.

WIEAND, Judge:

In this action to recover damages for defamation, the trial court entered summary judgment against the plaintiff-public officials and in favor of the Observer Publishing Corporation, publisher of the Observer-Reporter, a daily newspaper of general circulation in Washington and Greene Counties. On appeal, we affirm. A public newspaper is privileged to publish information of public concern contained in an affidavit for search warrant so long as the report is fair and accurate.

In news stories appearing in editions of the Observer-Reporter on June 1, 1990, June 6, 1990 and June 12,…