Clark v. Spokesman-Review

BURDICK, Justice.

This ease asks us to decide whether there are genuine issues of material fact on Appellant Trent L. Clark’s defamation claim, thereby rendering summary judgment improper. This case also asks the Court to decide whether Clark’s false light invasion of privacy tort claim should survive summary judgment. We affirm the grant of summary judgment on both claims.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Thomas Clouse co-wrote an article published by the Spokesman Review about a potential Republican senatorial candidate, Bob Nonini, which discussed Nonini’s drug arrest, Nonini’s…