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Locke v. Benton & Bowles, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 18, 1938PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The plaintiff complains that defendant committed actionable defamation by means of a radio broadcast. The basis of the charge is that plaintiff, a well-known news writer, relying on observations gathered over several days, prepared a script describing conditions in and about Cincinnati, Ohio, arising out of the floods occurring in January, 1937.
The complaint alleges that the script was delivered to one Gibbons, an employee of defendant, who represented over the radio that plaintiff was the author of the subject-matter of the broadcast; *370that Gibbons interpolated in the broadcast certain false…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ben-Oliel v. Press Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- D'Altomonte v. New York Herald Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- D'Altomonte v. . New York Herald CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Battersby v. CollierAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Brown v. Paramount Publix Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
3Cited by13 opinions
- Knapp Engraving Co. v. Keystone Photo Engraving Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1956
- Clevenger v. Baker Voorhis & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1960
- Munzer v. BlaisdellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
- Shor v. BillingsleyNew York Supreme Court · 1956
- Polakoff v. HillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
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