Legal Opinion

Sethi v. Wfmj Television Inc.

Ohio Court of Appeals

Decided September 22, 1999No. 97 C.A. 232PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Cox, Presiding Judge.

This matter presents a timely appeal from a decision rendered by the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, granting summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, WFMJ Television Inc., et al.

This action arose as a result of certain news reports which were broadcast by appellees on February 8, 1993 and February 9, 1993. Prior to February 1993, defendant-appellee Ernest Freeman, a news reporter for defendant-appellee WFMJ Television, Inc., read a news account concerning a report compiled by the Public Citizen Health Research Group in Washington, D.C. Such report concluded…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Dresher v. BurtOhio Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Village of Grafton v. Ohio Edison Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1996

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  4. Re/Max International, Inc. v. Smythe, Cramer Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 2003
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