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STARR v. BECKLEY NEWSPAPERS CORPORATION

No. CC886.

201 S.E.2d 911 (1974)

George Theodore STARR, Sr. v. BECKLEY NEWSPAPERS CORPORATION, a corporation.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided January 22, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Grove Moler, Mullens, for plaintiff.

Lynch, Mann & Knapp, G. Berk Lynch, Beckley, for defendant.

CAPLAN, Chief Justice:

This case is before the Court on certification from the Circuit Court of Wyoming County. The plaintiff, George Theodore Starr, instituted a libel action in the aforesaid circuit court wherein he sought to recover from the defendant, Beckley Newspapers Corporation, compensatory damages in the sum of $50,000.00 and punitive damages in the sum of $25,000.00. Subsequent to the filing of an amended complaint and answer thereto and the taking of depositions...

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