Legal Opinion
Dumas v. Koebel
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided November 5, 2013No. 2013AP365PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CURLEY, EJ.
¶ 1. Melissa Dumas appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment on the three claims — invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and intentional interference with a contractual relationship — she alleged against Defendants Robert Koebel and Journal Communications, Inc. Defendants broadcast a news story about Milwaukee Public School (MPS) bus drivers with convictions, in which one of Journal Communications' reporters, Koebel, confronted Dumas, a school bus driver, about a past misdemeanor prostitution conviction. Dumas argues that the trial court erred…
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