Legal Opinion
Fink v. Combined Communications Corp.
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided January 26, 1984No. 81CA0986PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BABCOCK, Judge.
From the summary judgment in favor of defendants, Combined Communications Corp., Ward Lucas, Sylvia Cisneros, and Anthony Accetta, plaintiffs, Seymour Fink and Phoenix Center, Inc., appeal, presenting the following issue for review: whether the trial court erred in concluding that plaintiffs failed to present clear and convincing evidence establishing a prima facie case that defendants published alleged defamatory statements with actual malice.
In September 1976, Lucas, a newscaster and reporter for KBTV, then owned by Combined Communications Corporation, began an investigation…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Burns v. McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1983
- The New York Times Company v. Eugene ConnorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Walker v. Colorado Springs Sun, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1975
- DiLeo v. KoltnowSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
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