Legal Opinion
Cash v. Empire Gas Corp.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 28, 1976No. 36992PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Special Judge.
In this action for defamation, the jury awarded $15,000 actual damages against defendants Empire Gas Corporation and A. L. Leivan, and $750 against A. L. Leivan and $50,000 against Empire Gas Corporation as punitive damages. Both defendants have appealed.
Plaintiff was employed as manager of Empiregas Inc. of Potosí, a wholly owned subsidiary of Empire Gas Corporation. His employment terminated in November 1969. He thereafter submitted an application to National Life and Accident Insurance Company for employment, and Mr. L. A. Burnside, a regional…
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