Per Curiam.
The jury in this libel action awarded the plaintiff a verdict of $20,000 compensatory damages and $30,000 punitive damages. The purpose of punitive damages is twofold: to punish the defendant for his malicious act and to provide a deterrent to future publications of similar character. Hence an award is limited to the occasions where the publication is actuated by actual malice, that is, a desire to harm the plaintiff, or where a publication is so...
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