Gobin v. Globe Publishing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

This is a libel action brought by Gary Dean Gobin *2against the Globe Publishing Company, publisher of the Dodge City Daily Globe, arising out of a report of court proceedings published in the Daily Globe on July 8, 1972. The case has previously been before this court twice. See Gobin v. Globe Publishing Co. (Gobin I), 216 Kan. 223, 531 P.2d 76 (1975), and Gobin v. Globe Publishing Co. (Gobin II), 229 Kan. 1, 620 P.2d 1163 (1980).

Plaintiff’s petition alleges that the defendant’s publication of a news story that he pled guilty to a charge of…