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RODEN v. EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY

Nos. 6725-6-7-A.

135 F.Supp. 665 (1955)

Henry RODEN, Plaintiff, v. EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant. Ernest GRUENING, Plaintiff, v. EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant. Frank A. METCALF, Plaintiff, v. EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court District Court, Alaska First Division, Ketchikan.

December 2, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell P. Kay (of Kay & Buckalew), Anchorage, Alaska, Buell A. Nesbett (of McCutcheon & Nesbett), Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiffs.

H. L. Faulkner and Roger G. Connor (of Faulkner, Banfield & Boochever), Juneau, Alaska, for defendant.

HODGE, District Judge.

Three actions for libel against the defendant Empire Printing Company were consolidated and tried together before a jury on November 14th through 19th, last, and resulted in a verdict of the jury in each case awarding to the plaintiff the sum of $1 as compensatory damages and the sum of $5,000 as punitive damages. Defendant objects to the entry of judgment in accordance with the verdicts of the jury upon the grounds that the verdicts for punitive...

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