Legal Opinion
Hinerman v. Daily Gazette Co., Inc.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 1992No. 20489PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEELY, Justice:
This is a libel case against The Charleston Gazette in which the plaintiff, Raymond Hinerman, recovered $75,000 in actual damages and $300,000 in punitive damages. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Sam Levin is a Russian immigrant who came to the United States in 1975 and moved to Wheeling in 1977. Mr. Levin was trained as a mining engineer in Russia and he found work in West Virginia as a miner. While working, Mr. Levin suffered a heart attack. Mr. Levin filed a Workers’ Compensation claim and was represented by legal counsel for District 6 of The United Mine Workers (UMW) free of charge.…
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