Potter v. Milbank Manufacturing Company

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Action for actual and punitive damages for libel, Count I; for failure to comply with the service letter statute, Section 290.-140, V.A.M.S., Count II; and for slander, Count III. A verdict was directed for defendant on Count I; plaintiff had a verdict for $1.00 actual and $20,000 punitive damages on Count II, and for $1.00 actual and $5,000 punitive damages on Count III. Judgment was rendered accordingly, and defendant seeks to be relieved of the judgment of $25,002.

Count II of plaintiff’s petition alleged: that plaintiff was employed by defendant from October 26, 1966,…