Legal Opinion
Brown v. K.N.D. Corp.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 18, 1987No. 12987PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The defendant Wilber Smith has appealed from the decision of the Appellate Court in Brown v. K.N.D. Corporation, 7 Conn. App. 418, 509 A.2d 533 (1986), which reversed a trial court judgment in his favor. This case was initiated when Michael F. Brown, the plaintiff, an assistant city manager employed by the city of Hartford, commenced an action for an allegedly defamatory remark made by the defendant Smith on December 16,1979, during a radio broadcast over the facilities of the defendant radio station WKND.1 Smith, the host of a public affairs talk show called “What’s On Your Mind,” made the…
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- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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