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HAHN v. KOTTEN

No. 74-608.

43 Ohio St. 2d 237 (1975)

HAHN, APPELLEE, v. KOTTEN ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 23, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Hinton, Noble & Bryant and Mr. Carl William Hinton, for appellee.

Messrs. Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Mr. Thomas B. Ridgley and Mr. Thomas M. Taggart, for appellants.

CORRIGAN, J.

This cause is one of first impression before this court.

The trial judge based his decision granting directed verdicts to each of the defendants for the reason that, although some of the statements made by defendants were slanderous per se, the doctrine of qualified privilege applies, and the record failed to demonstrate any evidence of actual malice upon the part of defendants.

I.

QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE.<...

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