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LIVE OAK PUBLISHING CO. v. COHAGAN

Docket No. C008798.

234 Cal.App.3d 1277 (1991)

286 Cal. Rptr. 198

LIVE OAK PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. GLADYS COHAGAN, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

October 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Meyer & Mitchell, Daniel L. Mitchell, Jack Leavitt, Damrell, Nelson & Schrimp, Roger M. Schrimp and Debra A. Hayes for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Brown, Hall, Spatola, Clair & McKinley, Charles R. Spatola and Steven A. Clair for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

CARR, Acting P.J.

In this man-bites-dog story, plaintiff newspaper sued an individual for libel and slander. The trial court sustained a demurrer without leave to amend as to the libel cause of action and granted summary judgment as to the slander cause of action. We shall affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On May 25, 1988, the Escalon Times, a small-town newspaper, published articles about each candidate...

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