Case Number
M1999-01602-COA-R3-CV
The plaintiff filed a libel action against a newspaper, The Tennessean, its publisher and its editor, alleging his reputation had been harmed by a sentence in an article which stated that he had shot a man, when, in fact, his co-defendant had killed the victim. The trial court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss, finding the plaintiff to be "libel proof" in this matter because he had been convicted of aiding and abetting in the murder and incarcerated for the remainder of his life for the crime, "render[ing] any reputation he may have had virtually valueless." We affirm.
Originating Judge
Barbara N. Haynes
Case Name
Ronald Davis vs. The Tennessean, et al
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
No
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