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CASH v. EMPIRE GAS CORP.

No. 36992.

547 S.W.2d 830 (1976)

Bobby CASH, Respondent, v. EMPIRE GAS CORPORATION and A. L. Leivan, Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Four.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied February 16, 1977.

Application to Transfer Denied April 11, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. J. Taylor, Taylor, Stafford & Gannaway, Springfield, for appellants.

Geoffrey L. Pratte, Roberts & Roberts, Farmington, for respondent.

ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Special Judge.

In this action for defamation, the jury awarded $15,000 actual damages against defendants Empire Gas Corporation and A. L. Leivan, and $750 against A. L. Leivan and $50,000 against Empire Gas Corporation as punitive damages. Both defendants have appealed.

Plaintiff was employed as manager of Empiregas Inc. of Potosi, a wholly owned subsidiary of Empire Gas Corporation. His employment terminated in November 1969. He thereafter...

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