Legal Opinion
Diesen v. Hessburg
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided March 28, 1989No. C2-88-1345PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NORTON, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) granted to respondents John Hessburg and the Duluth News-Tribune in a libel action. The jury had found by special verdict that an article published by respondents was defamatory to appellant Donald Diesen, that the implication of the article was substantially false, that Diesen demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence that respondent published the article with reckless disregard as to the truth of the implication of the article, and that Diesen had proved by clear and convincing evidence that the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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