Legal Opinion
Shine v. Loomis
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided November 1, 2005No. 02A03-0412-CV-575PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RATLIFEF, Senior Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Defendant-Appellant Steven R. Shine appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for summary judgment in a defamation action filed by Plaintiff-Appellee J. Michael Loomis.
We reverse and remand with instructions.
ISSUE
The following issue is dispositive: Whether the trial court erred in determining that there was a genuine issue of material fact regarding the element of actual malice.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In its June 3-4, 2000 edition, the Fort Wayne News Sentinel published an article describing Fort Wayne Police Officer Cleo-phus Jones'…
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