WOHL Owner Sues Rival: Fox Affiliate Cites TV Business Interference-updated

By chrismyers - Posted on September 6th, 2008

This dates back to July, but an interesting read:

The owner of WOHL filed a lawsuit against the parent company of WLIO to stop the company from interfering with its business relationship with FOX.

The lawsuit, filed under seal late Monday, was released Tuesday with a lot of redaction of information. TV 67 Inc., whose president is Greg Phipps, accused Block Communication Inc., of Toledo, of interfering with the contract and business relationship TV 67 has with FOX Broadcasting Co. and FOX News Network.

The lawsuit seeks more than $25,000 in damages and an injunction to stop Block's interference with FOX. It also seeks to enforce a nondisclosure agreement between Phipps' company and Block Communications made in October.
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Block Communication's Toledo attorney, Keith Wilkowski, said he would like to comment on the merits of the lawsuit but will not because of the judge's order.

"We need to respect the judge's order and make sure we're not commenting on anything that he has ordered to be held under seal," he said.
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http://news.backchannelmedia.com/articles/18500
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Photo from the Lima News:
Block attorneys Keith Wilkowski (right) and Robert Fitzgerald are seated in Allen County Common Pleas Court during the pretrial and preliminary injunction hearing between local Fox and NBC affiliates.

http://www.freedomgalleries.com/limanews/main.php?g2_itemId=13393

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