Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. v. King

MlKELL, Judge.

We granted the application for interlocutory appeal filed by Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. d/b/a The Union Recorder (“the newspaper”) and reporter Hanna Marney (collectively, “appellants”), to review the trial court’s order denying their motion for summary judgment in this libel action filed by Shirrod King. Because the evidence conclusively establishes that the articles published in the newspaper about King were privileged as “[t] ruthful reports of information received from . . . police authorities,” 1 we reverse the trial court’s judgment.

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