Turnbull v. Herald Company
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
WEIER, Commissioner.
Plaintiff sued defendant publishing company for an alleged libel. Trial by jury resulted in a verdict for plaintiff awarding him $2,500.00 actual damages and $2,500.00 punitive damages. Acting upon after-trial motion, the court denied that part of the motion requesting that the verdict and judgment be set aside and that judgment be entered in favor of defendant in accordance with defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. But it set aside the judgment and sustained defendant’s motion for a new trial because of error in giving the verdict directing instruction offered by…
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. BreslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Laun v. Union Electric Co. of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942
- Pulliam v. BondSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Mark v. Seattle TimesWashington Supreme Court · 1981
- Rouch v. Enquirer & News of Battle CreekMichigan Supreme Court · 1986
- Hyde v. City of ColumbiaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
- Russell v. Thomson Newspapers, Inc.Utah Supreme Court · 1992
- Gomba v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
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