Weir v. Citicorp National Services, Inc.

435 S.E.2d 864 (1993)

James WEIR, Respondent,

v.

CITICORP NATIONAL SERVICES, INC., Appellant.

No. 23935.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard May 4, 1993.

Decided September 20, 1993.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1993.

Julianne Farnsworth and Rebecca G. Fulmer, both of McNair Law Firm, P.A., Columbia, for appellant.

Kenneth R. Young, Jr. and Lohman D. Reiter, II, both of Young, Young & Reiter, Sumter, for respondent.

MOORE, Justice:

This is a libel action. The jury awarded Respondent James Weir $25,000.00 actual damages and $500,000.00 punitive damages. The trial judge granted a new trial nisi…