Legal Opinion
Goodrich v. Waterbury Republican-American, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 17, 1982PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for allegedly libelous statements that were printed about him in the defendant newspaper in November, 1974. When all the evidence was in, the court directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff appeals from the final judgment and assigns as error the court’s action in directing the verdict and in refusing to set the verdict aside. “In reviewing the action of the trial court, in first directing and thereafter refusing to set aside the verdict, we consider the evidence, including inferences which reasonably may be drawn from this…
2Cases cited65 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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