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FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY v. HOLLAND

No. 10023.

367 A.2d 1311 (1977)

FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. Reginald L. HOLLAND and Jyl C. Holland, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laidler B. Mackall, Washington, D.C., with whom William H. Briggs, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Solomon L. Margolis, Washington, D.C., with whom Mark J. Wishner, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before KELLY and HARRIS, Associate Judges, and HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

In this libel action against appellant Ford Motor Credit Company (Ford Credit), a jury awarded to appellees Reginald L. and Jyl C. Holland the sums of $50,000 in compensatory and $100,000 in punitive damages. At trial, Ford Credit's motions for a directed verdict, made at the close of the Hollands' case and again at the conclusion of its own, were denied. Its post-trial motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial were...

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