Ventresca v. Kissner

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action based upon certain slanderous statements alleged to have been made by the defendant. The plaintiff recovered a verdict of $500, and the defendant appeals from the denial by the trial court of her motion to set the verdict aside. There is little, if any, proof of special damages, and if the verdict is to be sustained it must be because the plaintiff was entitled to recover general damages. The slanderous words were to the effect that the plaintiff “is a bad woman.” “She runs around with her boarders.” “She is a thief.” “She…