Kentucky Fried Chicken of Bowling Green, Inc. v. Sanders

Appellant sought damages from appellees for libel and defamation growing out of statements made by Colonel Harland Sanders and published in the Courier-Journal. The complaint was dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.

Colonel Sanders was interviewed by Courier-Journal staff writer Dan Kauffman on the subject, “Is a chicken wing white meat?” The portion of the article on which appellant based its suit was as follows:

“And while he was on the subject of something Kentucky Fried Chicken should do differently, the Colonel thought of a few other things.

“The stuff…