Legal Opinion
Boswell v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided February 28, 1985No. 1 CA-CIV 6123PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRANT, Judge.
Appellants, Steve Boswell and Jim Mofford, brought a defamation action against Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., and reporter Edythe Jensen concerning an article published on April 2, 1977 in the Phoenix Gazette. The article, in part, erroneously claimed appellants had pled guilty to the charge of burglary in the second degree. A correction was published thereafter on April 4,1977 indicating the mistake. After a trial to a jury the court entered judgment upon the verdicts in favor of the appellees Phoenix Newspapers and Jensen against both Boswell and Mofford.
On appeal the…
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