Campo v. Paar

Plaintiff has recovered a verdict in an action for slander. The verdict as rendered by the jury was so contradictory in its terms that it is apparent that the jury had no clear appreciation of the issues involved. In outline, the facts are: Plaintiff had for a considerable period been a performer on defendant’s television shows. Defendant gave him notice that the employment was about to be terminated. Plaintiff told a reporter for the New York Post that he was being discharged because he was about to marry a young lady who was also a performer on the same show. The reporter informed his…