Legal Opinion
Mosesian v. McClatchy Newspapers
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 13, 1991No. F013144PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FRANSON, J. *
Statement of the Case
This is the second appeal from a summary judgment in plaintiff Paul S. Mosesian’s defamation action against defendants McClatchy Newspapers, Frank McCulloch, Denny Walsh, Jerry Bier and James McClung. In Mosesian v. McClatchy Newspapers (1988) 205 Cal.App.3d 597 [252 Cal.Rptr. 586] (Mosesian I) this court addressed the question of whether plaintiff was a “public official” as a matter of law and would therefore have to prove actual malice to recover damages from defendant. We held plaintiff was not a public official as a matter of law; however, we did…
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