Scott v. Times-Mirror Co.
California Supreme Court
APPEAL'from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Pat. R Parker, Judge Presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLawlor, J.
This is an action for civil libel growing out of an article published in the “Los Angeles Times,” a daily paper owned and controlled 'by the defendant Times-Mirror Company, of and concerning the plaintiff, an attorney at law in the city of Los Angeles. The case was tried by jury and a total verdict of thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars rendered, seven thousand five hundred dollars as actual damages and thirty thousand dollars as punitive damages. Judgment for the full amount was made and entered. The defendant interposed a motion for a new trial, which was ordered denied. The…
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