ESTES v. LAWTON-BYRNE-BRUNER INSURANCE AGENCY CO.

Nos. 32719, 32792.

437 S.W.2d 685 (1969)

Wellborn ESTES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAWTON-BYRNE-BRUNER INSURANCE AGENCY COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Respondent.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

February 3, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coleman, Ross & Cekovsky, Sidney B. McClanahan, Clayton, for plaintiff-appellant.

Evans & Dixon, Ralph C. Kleinschmidt, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.


BRUCE NORMILE, Special Judge.

This is an action for libel. At the trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) punitive damages. No actual damages were awarded.

The defendant's timely motion for judgment in accordance with its motion for a directed verdict was thereafter sustained by the trial court on the ground that a qualified privilege existed for the alleged defamation and that there was no...

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