Herald-Post Pub. Co., Inc. v. Hill

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• holding newspaper report that witness at trial accused attorney and investigator of threatening her when only investigator actually made threat held substantially true 13 as matter of law
• comparing allegedly defamatory article to trial testimony to determine that judicial proceeding privilege applied
• Newspaper reported that witness at trial accused an attorney and his investigator of threatening her when in fact only the investigator made the threat. The court dismissed, as a matter of law, on substantial truth grounds

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