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STOKES v. CBS INC.

Civ. No. 4-96-178 (DSD/JMM).

25 F.Supp.2d 992 (1998)

Terri STOKES, Plaintiff, v. CBS INC., d/b/a WCCO Television; King World Productions; Tom Johnson; and the County of Anoka, Minnesota, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

November 2, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Stuart Friedberg, Friedberg Law Office, Minneapolis, MN, Robert R. Weinstine, Winthrop & Weinstine, St. Paul, MN, Charles Lee Hawkins, Hawkins Law Office, Minneapolis, MN, Melissa A. Arndt, Winthrop & Weinstein, Minneapolis, MN, for Terri Stokes.

John Philip Borger, Eric Edwin Jorstad, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, Susanna M. Lowry, Cameron A. Stracher, CBS Inc., New York, NY, for CBS, Inc.

Mark R. Anfinson, Anfinson Law Office, Minneapolis, MN, for NBC, Inc.

Anthony Charles Palumbo, Anoka County Attorney, Anoka, MN, for Tom Johnson, County of Anoka.

John Philip Borger, Eric Edwin Jorstad, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, Ralph E. Goldberg, Christine Hagan, New York, NY, for King World Productions.

ORDER

DOTY, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on defendants' motions for summary judgment. Based on a review of the file, record, and proceedings herein, and for the reasons stated, the court denies defendants' motions.

BACKGROUND

On October 30, 1993, Dennis Stokes was killed by a shotgun blast to the head while lying asleep in the bed of his Anoka County home. The Anoka County Sheriff's Department promptly began an investigation...

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