SHIPLEY v. KNOXVILLE JOURNAL CORP.


670 S.W.2d 222 (1984)

Harold SHIPLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KNOXVILLE JOURNAL CORPORATION and Ted Griffith, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Knoxville.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied May 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Douglas Morrison and Thomas H. Dickenson, Knoxville, for plaintiff-appellant.

R. Louis Crossley, Jr., Knoxville, for defendants-appellees.


Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court May 7, 1984.

NEARN, Presiding Judge, Western Section.

This is an appeal from an order in a libel action dismissing the action because "the article and headline in question were not defamatory as alleged ..."

Harold Shipley, the Knoxville City Safety Director, filed suit against the Knoxville Journal Corporation and its reporter Ted Griffith alleging...

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