Rinehart v. Toledo Blade Co.

This is an appeal by plaintiff, Linda L. Rinehart, an employee of Ohio Bank and Savings Company, from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Hancock County directing a verdict for defendants at the close of plaintiff’s case.

On May 24, 1981, an article written by defendant Lynda Brooker,. entitled “Fear and Loading,” appeared in the Toledo Blade. The article concerned a course offered at a Findlay, Ohio firing range to women interested in self-defense and the use of handguns. Plaintiff was interviewed by defendant Brooker and referred to and quoted in the article.

After the article was…