Legal Opinion
Warner v. Kansas City Star Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 20, 1987No. WD 37530PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Judge.
Plaintiff Gary D. Warner had a jury verdict for $200,000 compensatory damages on his libel claim against the Kansas City Star Company, and $75,000 punitive damages. The trial court set the verdict aside and entered judgment for defendant on the ground that plaintiff had failed to prove defendant’s actual malice in publishing the alleged libel and hence had failed to make a submissible case. Plaintiff has appealed.
Plaintiff had been the outdoor editor of the defendant newspaper, who was discharged by the newspaper for the alleged violation of the newspaper’s rule against…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
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