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NOVA v. FLAHERTY

Docket No. 21509.

145 Cal.App.2d 761 (1956)

303 P.2d 382

LOU NOVA, Respondent, v. VINCENT X. FLAHERTY et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

November 13, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawler, Felix & Hall, A. Laurence Mitchell and John M. Hall for Appellants.

Vaughan, Brandlin & Baggott and Thomas G. Baggott for Respondent.

FOURT, J.

The defendants Vincent X. Flaherty, sports writer, and Hearst Publishing Company, are here appealing from a judgment entered on a verdict in plaintiff's favor in the latter's action for libel. After a five-day trial the jury returned a verdict of $25,000 general damages against both defendants, $2,000 special damages, $500 punitive damages against defendant Flaherty and $7,500 against the Hearst Publishing...

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