DURAN v. DETROIT NEWS, INC.

Docket Nos. 137254, 137325.

200 Mich. App. 622 (1993)

504 N.W.2d 715

DURAN v. THE DETROIT NEWS, INC DURAN v. MATHEWS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided July 19, 1993, at 9:20 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurswell, Chayet & Weiner (by Cyril V. Weiner), for Consuelo Sanchez Duran and Augusto Sanabria.

Butzel Long (by James E. Stewart and Leonard M. Niehoff), for The Detroit News, Inc., Pete Waldmeir, and Robert H. Giles.

Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn (by Herschel P. Fink), for Lori Mathews, the Detroit Free Press, and Channel 7 of Detroit, Inc.

Before: GRIBBS, P.J., and HOLBROOK, JR., and NEFF, JJ.


HOLBROOK, JR., J.

Plaintiffs appeal as of right two Wayne Circuit Court orders dated January 16, 1991, granting summary disposition to all defendants. We affirm.

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