Legal Opinion
Wardlaw v. Peck
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided May 25, 1984No. 0182PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Judge:
This is an action for slander brought by Mary Jo Wardlaw against Robert Newton Peck. The jury returned a verdict of $4,000 actual and $20,000 punitive damages for Wardlaw. Peck appeals. We affirm.
The facts are substantially undisputed. Peck, an author of children’s books who teaches at Rollins College in Florida, was invited to speak to a convocation at Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina. Wardlaw, a student at Erskine, was to meet Peck at the Greenville-Spartanburg airport the day before the convocation and drive him to Due West, about an hour away. Due to confusion on…
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- Urban v. Hartford Gas Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Terwilliger v. . WandsNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
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