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BIGGINS v. HANSON

Docket No. 29751.

252 Cal.App.2d 16 (1967)

59 Cal. Rptr. 897

WILBUR BIGGINS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. EVERETT L. HANSON et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

June 23, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard L. Freedman for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Youngman, Hungate & Leopold, Richard Hungate and David E. Lindgren for Defendants and Appellants.

KAUS, P.J.

Plaintiff sued defendant General Film Laboratories Corporation (General), his former employer, for libel. The libel was uttered by Everett L. Hanson, plaintiff's immediate superior at General. Hanson was also named as a defendant. A jury trial resulted in a verdict against both defendants for $15,000 compensatory damages. The jury awarded punitive damages as follows: $2,500 against General and $500 against Hanson.

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