American Transmission, Inc v. Channel 7 of Detroit, Inc

Plaintiffs American Transmission, Inc., and American Transmissions of Troy appeal as of right from the trial court order granting defendants’ motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10) with regard to plaintiffs’ claims of defamation, fraud, trespass, and intentional interference with prospective business relationships. We affirm.

In 1996, Call for Action, a consumer advocacy group, informed defendant Joe Ducey, the consumer reporter for defendant Channel 7 of Detroit, Inc., that it had been receiving a disproportionately high number of consumer complaints about transmission…