Jackson v. Filliben

CAREY, Justice.

The appellant, Joseph Ben Jackson, Jr., brings this appeal from a verdict and judgment entered in Superior Court in favor of the plaintiff below, Joseph F. Filliben, Jr., in a defamation action.

Briefly the facts are as follows: Around midnight on December 2, 1965, Filliben, then a sergeant of the Wilmington Police force, was going home in his own car after finishing his shift. He saw Jackson’s car traveling at a rate he felt exceeded the speed limit. When Jackson failed to stop at Filliben’s horn signal, the latter gave chase, but stopped appellant only after his car was…