Legal Opinion
Sunward Corp. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1987No. Nos. 83-2644, 83-2645PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. appeals from a judgment entered on a $3,847,000 general jury verdict against it in a business defamation action. It also appeals from the denial of post-trial motions for judgment n.o.v. and for a new trial.
The affiliated plaintiff corporations, Sun-ward Corporation, Wedg-Cor, Inc., and Marvel Brute Steel Buildings, Inc. (collectively “Sunward”) sued Dun & Bradstreet over the issuance of at least 340 inaccurate reports sent, on request, to various subscribers over a period of approximately two years, beginning in the fall of 1979 and…
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