Peisner v. Detroit Free Press, Inc.
Michigan Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the CourtH. E. Deming, J.
Plaintiff Balfour Peisner, a Detroit attorney, filed a complaint against defendants Detroit Free Press and Free Press reporter Louis Heldman on December 10, 1973, seeking damages for libel. His wife, Nora S. Peisner, joined in the complaint with a derivative claim. The basis for the action was an article written by Heldman which appeared in the Free Press on November 20, 1973. The article charged plaintiff Balfour Peisner with inadequate representation of an indi*63gent criminal defendant in appellate proceedings and with unethical conduct. Plaintiffs claimed that the libel was repeated in a…
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