McInturff v. White

OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Mclnturff sued the railroad companies, three security officers, and P. 0. Likens, Chief Engineering Officer, all employees of Clinchfield, for libel and false imprisonment. The first trial in 1971, resulted in a jury verdict for the plaintiff, following which the trial judge directed a verdict for the defendants on the libel count and granted a new trial on the count for false imprisonment. The libel count was based upon a letter written by P. O. Likens, and thus he was not a defendant in the second trial. D. C. Peterson, the Chief Security Officer, died…