Legal Opinion
Stuempges v. Parke, Davis & Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 3, 1980No. 49951PublishedCited by 268 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHERAN, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal by Parke, Davis & Company challenging a jury verdict that plaintiff-respondent Neil Stuempges had been defamed by Parke Davis employees and its award of $17,250 for actual pecuniary loss, $10,500 in compensatory damages and $10,-000 in punitive damages. We affirm.
Viewing the facts in the light most favorable to the prevailing party, as we must do on appeal, Blasing v. P. R. L. Hardenbergh Co., 303 Minn. 41, 47, 226 N.W.2d 110, 114 (1975), they can be stated as follows: Parke Davis, a pharmaceutical manufacturer, employed Neil Stuempges as one of its…
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