Bocchicchio v. Curtis Publishing Co.

VAN DUSEN, District Judge.

This libel action is now before the court on plaintiff’s MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL filed after judgment was entered for the defendant on the special verdict of the jury. 1 Plaintiff contended that the fourth (Exhibit P-1) in a series of six articles (Exhibits D-1A to D-1E and P-1) by Rocky Marciano (world heavyweight boxing champion from 9/23/52 until his retirement undefeated on 4/27/56), as told to two reporters (Gross and Hirshberg) and published in defendant’s magazine (The Saturday Evening Post), contained defamatory material which was libelous, per se. This fourth…