MADSEN v. UNITED TELEVISION, INC.

No. 880488.

797 P.2d 1083 (1990)

David MADSEN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UNITED TELEVISION, INC., a Delaware Corporation, and John Harrington, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome H. Mooney, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.

Roger F. Cutler, Greg Hawkins, Salt Lake City, for Salt Lake City Corp.

Robert M. Anderson, Thomas Karrenberg, Salt Lake City, for United Television, Inc.


HALL, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff appeals from a grant of partial summary judgment in favor of defendants in his action for defamation based upon defendants' news broadcasts of a shooting incident. Plaintiff contends that the district court erred in finding as a matter of law that his status as a police officer made him a public official.

Summary judgment is appropriate only when no genuine issue of material fact exists and the moving party is entitled to judgment...

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