Warren v. Pulitzer Publishing Co.

This is an action for damages for publishing an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch alleged to have been "false, damatory, and libelous" and "wilfully, intentionally, wrongfully, wantonly and maliciously printed and published in said newspaper." Plaintiff recovered a verdict for $10,000 actual and $15,000 punitive damages. The trial court ordered a remittitur of $5,000, from the amount assessed as actual damages and $10,000 from the amount assessed as punitive damages. This remittitur was made and judgment was entered for $5000 actual damages and $5000 punitive damages. Defendant has…