Legal Opinion
Village of Grafton v. American Broadcasting Co.
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided November 26, 1980No. 3021PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVictor, J.
This is an action for defamation which was brought by the appellant, the village of Grafton, against the appellees, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and the Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Company (Scripps-Howard). Scripps-Howard is the licensee of WEWS-TV, Channel 5 in Cleveland, an ABC affiliate.
At 10:00 p.m. on March 29, 1979, ABC broadcast an hour-long documentary entitled “The Killing Ground.” It was carried in this area by WEWS-TV. The program dealt generally with the problem of hazardous chemical waste dumps in the United States and focused on several dumps in particular.
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