Farrell v. Kramer

This was a complaint for slander on which the plaintiff was awarded a verdict of $17,500. The defendant seasonably filed a motion for a new trial and the matter is before us on the defendant’s appeal from the denial of that motion and upon his appeal from final judgment. The determinative issue is whether or not the jury’s assessment of damages was excessive under all the circumstances of the case.

The defendant filed a counterclaim charging the plaintiff with both libel and slander but the jury treated this claim as without merit as evidenced by their verdict. We treat the issue thereby…