KELLEY v. WREN

No. 5375.

415 S.C. 379 (2016)

782 S.E.2d 406

Mark KELLEY, Respondent, v. David WREN and Sun Publishing Company Inc., d/b/a The Sun News, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided January 13, 2016.

Rehearing Denied March 4, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Jay Bender , Baker Ravenel & Bender, LLP, of Columbia, for appellants.

James P. Stevens, Jr. and Natalie Shawn Stevens-Graziani , Stevens Law Firm, PC, of Loris, for respondent.


David Wren and Sun Publishing Company, Inc. appeal from a jury verdict awarding $400,000 in actual damages and $250,000 in punitive damages to Mark Kelley on Kelley's claims he was libeled by a series of articles Wren wrote for The Sun News of Myrtle Beach. We affirm.

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