Legal Opinion
Tonnessen v. Denver Publishing Co.
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided June 22, 2000No. 98CA1583PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge ROTHENBERG.
Plaintiff, Peter T. Tonnessen, appeals the summary judgment in favor of defendant, Denver Publishing Co., dismissing his claims for defamation, invasion of privacy, and outrageous conduct. We affirm.
On June 11, 1995, Denver Publishing printed an article about Tonnessen's dissolution of marriage action in the Rocky Mountain News. The article focused on the unusual circumstances surrounding the impregnation of Tonnessen's ex-wife, who had recently given birth to twin girls fathered by different men.
The twins were conceived in January 1994, after the wife had filed the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Churchey v. Adolph Coors Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Burns v. McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1983
- Coors Brewing Co. v. FloydSupreme Court of Colorado · 1999
- Rosenberg v. HelinskiCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
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