Legal Opinion
Smith v. UAW-CIO Federal Credit Union
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 21, 1987No. WD 37477PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Judge.
Plaintiffs Smith, Corley and Riley each had a verdict against defendant UAW-CIO Federal Credit Union for actual damages ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 and punitive damages ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 for libel. From the ensuing judgment the credit union has appealed.
The facts are as follows:
The credit union is a federally chartered credit union. Its membership is composed of General Motors employees. It has offices near the General Motors plants at Leeds in Kansas City, Missouri, and at Fairfax in Kansas City, Kansas.
The overall government of the credit union is vested in a…
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