Harold L. Straitwell v. National Steel Corporation v. Thomson Newspapers, Inc., Third Party and Weirton Steel Corporation, Third Party

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by National Steel Corporation from a judgment against it on a jury verdict for $225,000 in favor of Harold L. Straitwell in his diversity action alleging that National defamed him in a news release it caused to be published. National also appeals from the district court’s imposition of sanctions under rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, awarding Thomson Newspapers, Inc., attorney’s fees of $16,373.79, and from its imposition of $2,279.71 in costs. Thomson had been im-pleaded by National but then voluntarily dismissed on the latter’s…