Poncin v. Arlt

OPINION

NIERENGARTEN, Presiding Judge.

Edward Poncin sued Bruce Arlt, Independent School District No. 508, Thor Tolo and the St. Peter Herald for libel when Arlt allegedly told Tolo that Poncin had cheated in a high school tennis match. A jury determined Arlt’s statement to Tolo was true and the alleged libelous statement was made without actual malice. We affirm.

FACTS

In a standard dual tennis meet under the Minnesota high school rules, each coach is required to rank and play the team’s best player in the number one position and the. team’s second best player in the number two position, etc.…