Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied June 14, 1971.
SEILER, Presiding Judge.
Appeal from a jury verdict and judgment in favor of defendant in a libel action in which plaintiff sought $100,000 actual and $250,000 punitive damages based on two letters written by defendant's editors. Under the pleadings, defendant did not assert truth as an affirmative defense, but instead alleged qualified privilege, that the letters were written in good...
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