Legal Opinion
Glenn R. Funk v. Scripps Media, Inc.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 13, 2019No. M2017-00256-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCornelia A. Clark, J.
We granted review of this interlocutory appeal arising from a defamation action to address whether the Court of Appeals correctly determined that (1) a showing of malice cannot defeat the fair report privilege and (2) an assertion of the fair report privilege exempts the defendants from part of the protections of Tennessee Code Annotated section 24-1-208, Tennessee's news media shield law. With respect to the first issue, we conclude that neither actual nor express malice defeats the privilege; the only limitations on the fair report privilege are that a report of an official action or…
2Cases cited64 opinions
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