Legal Opinion
Chaves v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 6, 1985No. Record 821206Published
1Opinion of the Court
335 S.E.2d 97 (1985)
Juan O. CHAVES
v.
H.C. JOHNSON, Jr.
Record No. 821206.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
September 6, 1985.
H. Glenn Goodpasture, Fredericksburg (Claude Rackley, Jr., Fredericksburg, on brief), for appellant.
Leland L. Baker, Jr., Fredericksburg, for appellee.
Present: All the Justices.
RUSSELL, Justice.
This is an action for damages based upon theories of defamation and tortious interference with contract rights. The jury awarded damages to the plaintiff on both theories. The trial court set the verdict aside and entered judgment for the defendant. We granted the plaintiff an appeal.
Juan…
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