Legal Opinion
Kollman v. Jordan
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 22, 2005No. Record 041885.; Record 041861PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AGEE, Justice.
Claude E. Jordan, Sr., a resident of the City of Colonial Heights ("the City"), appeals from the judgment of the Chesterfield County Circuit Court which awarded compensatory and punitive damages against him for defamation of J. Chris Kollman, III, the City's former mayor. Kollman appeals the remittitur of the jury's award by the trial court. For the reasons set forth below, we will reverse the judgment of the trial court and enter final judgment on behalf of Jordan.
I. BACKGROUND AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
Kollman, then the mayor and a member of the City Council of the City, was…
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