Legal Opinion
Ratcliff v. Barnes
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided June 26, 2001No. 08A04-0010-CV-457PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARTEAU, Senior Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Plaintiff-Appellant Glen A. Rateliff appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Keith Barnes.
We reverse and remand.
ISSUE
The following issue is dispositive: whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment for Barnes on Rat-cliff's defamation claim.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On December 17, 1998, an article appeared in the Logansport Pharos-Tribune, a newspaper circulated in Carroll County, Indiana, in which allegations were made against County Highway Department Superintendent Peterson.…
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