GLOVER v. HERALD CO.

No. 59804.

549 S.W.2d 858 (1977)

Delores GLOVER, Respondent, v. The HERALD COMPANY d/b/a Globe-Democrat Publishing Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lon Hocker, Clayton, for appellant.

George D. Chopin, St. Louis, for respondent.

John T. Martin, Kansas City, for amici Kansas City Star Co., and others.

Robert Hoemeke, Evans, Hoemeke & Casey, St. Louis, for amici Pulitizer Pub. Co.


SEILER, Chief Judge.

This is a libel action in which respondent Glover was awarded $4,000 actual and $3,000 punitive damages from appellant, The Herald Company, which publishes the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a general circulation newspaper, which will hereinafter be referred to as the Globe-Democrat. The Globe-Democrat appealed the judgment to the court of appeals, St. Louis district, where Division Four, by a divided court, affirmed the judgment and then sustained...

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