Crump v. Beckley Newspapers, Inc.

McGRAW, Chief Justice.

The appellant in this case, Sue S. Crump, appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County granting summary judgment for the defendant/appellee, Beckley Newspapers, Inc. She asserts that the tri*704al court erred in granting summary judgment because issues of material fact existed which should have been submitted for jury consideration. We agree and reverse the decision of the trial court.

On December 5,1977, the defendant published an article in one of its newspapers concerning women coal miners. Photographs of the plaintiff, a miner with the Westmoreland Coal…