Legal Opinion
Robb v. Lincoln Publishing (Ohio), Inc.
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided October 7, 1996No. CA95-04-007PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grady, Judge.
Lincoln Publishing (Ohio), Inc. (“Lincoln”) appeals from a judgment of $500,000 for Edward S. Robb, Jr. following a jury trial on Robb’s claim for defamation.
Robb served as the Butler County Clerk of Courts from 1968 to 1993. In November 1992, Robb was defeated for reelection by Mark Baden. Lincoln owns and operates the Hamilton Journal News, a newspaper which Robb alleges published defamatory statements about him during the course of the 1992 election campaign.
One of the major issues in the 1992 clerk of courts race concerned Robb’s handling of monies that had been deposited…
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