Legal Opinion
Palmer v. Alvarado
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided June 29, 2018No. 2017-CA-000302-MRPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAZE, JUDGE:
This appeal arises from a Clark Circuit Court's unanimous jury verdict awarding the Appellee, Ralph Alvarado, $125,000 in compensatory damages and $75,000 in punitive damages for defamation and false light. After a careful review of the record, we reverse.
Background
In October 2014, Dr. Ralph Alvarado was running for election to the Kentucky Senate against the incumbent, R.J. Palmer. Palmer ran a thirty-second ad criticizing Dr. Alvarado's opposition to Kentucky legislation intended to regulate the prescribing of controlled substances. The ad included spliced video footage from…
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