Daubenmire v. Sommers

William W. Young, Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiffs-appellants, David Daubenmire, his wife Michelle, and their three children, appeal from the judgment of the Madison County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, D. Steven Allen, Vicijean Geer, Robert Sommers II, and Pamela Wassmuth, in a defamation action. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

{¶ 2} Appellants’ defamation action is based on the claim that appellees, in concert with others, used defamatory means in the spring of 1998 in an attempt to prevent the renewal of David Daubenmire’s football…