Helmut Prahl v. Bryan Brosamle

This appeal arises out of the trial court's dismissal of the complaint at the close of the plaintiffs' case in a jury trial.
The plaintiffs are Dr. Helmut Prahl, Dynatron Research Foundation and Dynatron Research Corporation. Dr. Prahl, a biochemist, is the executive director of the foundation and the sole stockholder and president of the research
corporation. His residence, the offices of the foundation and the laboratory of the research corporation are located in a
single building on about six acres fronting on Struck Road in a township adjacent to Madison. Dr. Prahl owns the land and
building. The Madison Police Department received a complaint June 18, 1975 that shots had been fired at four boys who were
bicycling in the area. Dane County sheriff's deputies and the police investigated the report that night. Employees of Forward
Communications, operators of television station WMTV, broadcast newscasts of the incident.