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PEISNER v. DETROIT FREE PRESS

Docket No. 66849, (Calendar No. 2).

421 Mich. 125 (1984)

364 N.W.2d 600

PEISNER v. THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, INC

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 28, 1984.

Released January 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Balfour Peisner for the plaintiffs.

Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn (by Herschel P. Fink and Brian D. Figot) for the defendants.

Released January 29, 1985. Rehearing denied post, 1202.

BOYLE, J.

We granted leave in this case to consider whether an award of "exemplary and punitive" damages under Michigan's libel statute impermissibly duplicates an award of actual damages for injury to feelings arising from the libel. In addressing that question, we reaffirm that "exemplary and punitive" damages under the libel statute are purely compensatory in nature, but hold that their availability...

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