Tomkiewicz v. Detroit News, Inc.

Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order granting defendant summary disposition of his defa mation and false light invasion of privacy claims. We affirm.

I

Plaintiff, a lieutenant with the city of Dearborn Heights Police Department, was the lead investigator into allegations of stalking against fellow city of Dear-born Heights Police Officer Kevin DeHart. In its newspaper dated January 8, 1998, defendant published an article headlined “Cop faces stalking charge.” Another emboldened line of print that appeared before the article’s text explained, “Next-door neighbor says officer and his wife…