Legal Opinion
Lundell Manufacturing Company, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 26, 1996No. 95-3473PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Lundell Manufacturing Company appeals from the district court’s order granting American Broadcasting Companies judgment as a matter of law, and setting aside a jury verdict of just over one million dollars for Lundell on its libel action. ABC broadcast a story on “World News Tonight with Peter Jennings,” reporting that a garbage recycling machine manufactured by Lundell “does not work.” Lundell sued for libel, a jury returned a verdict in its favor, and the district court set aside the jury verdict. On appeal, Lundell argues that the district court erred in…
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