RUSSELL v. AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS

No. 5081.

497 P.2d 40 (1972)

Kit A. RUSSELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

May 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Robinson, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

Raymond Lee, Honolulu, for defendants-appellees.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and MARUMOTO, ABE, LEVINSON and KOBAYASHI, JJ.


KOBAYASHI, Justice.

Appellant, Kit Russell, brought suit in circuit court against appellees, American Guild of Variety Artists (A.G.V.A.) and A.G.V.A.'s Honolulu agent, Fred O'Brien, for damages resulting from a defamatory letter written and published by O'Brien while acting as an agent of A.G.V.A. This appeal comes from the trial court's entry of judgment for appellees.

Because the trial court's explicit findings of fact are particularly significant for purposes...

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