McCune v. Neitzel

Plaintiff, Robert L. McCune, appeals a Sarpy County district judge’s order denying him the benefit of a $25,350 verdict rendered by a jury in his favor because he had been slandered.

The trial judge found that the damage award was the result of passion and prejudice and ordered a new trial on damages only. Plaintiff appeals that finding and order.

Rose Neitzel, the defendant, has cross-appealed, claiming the trial court erred (1) in failing to properly instruct the jury on slander per se, (2) in an evidentiary ruling, (3) in granting the plaintiff’s motion in limine, and (4) in overruling her…