Legal Opinion
Mid-America Food Service, Inc. v. Ara Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1978No. 77-1724PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSON, Senior District Judge.
This is a diversity action in which ARA Services, Inc., (ARA) appeals from a judgment against it for slander entered upon a jury verdict for $25,000 in punitive damages. ' No actual damages were awarded.
Mid-America Food Seryice, Inc. (Mid-America) is a Missouri corporation; ARA is a Delaware corporation. Both companies are engaged in the food service business and are competitors in the Kansas City area for private and public food service contracts. In May 1975 Mid-America and ARA were invited to bid on a Special Food Service Program co-sponsored in Kansas City,…
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