Ramacciotti v. Zinn

McMILLIAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from a jury verdict awarding plaintiff $10,000 in actual and punitive damages on plaintiff’s four-count libel and slander action. The suit originally contained five counts but plaintiff voluntarily dismissed Count II. Count I was based on an allegedly defamatory memoranda; Counts III, IV and V involved allegedly slanderous incidents. Recovery on defendant’s counterclaim, premised on slander of defendant by plaintiff, was denied by the jury.

On appeal, defendant contends that the trial judge should have directed a verdict for defendant on Count I at…