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COLOMBO v. TIMES-ARGUS ASS'N, INC.

No. 29-76.

380 A.2d 80 (1977)

Joseph COLOMBO v. TIMES-ARGUS ASSOCIATION, INC., and James Bornemeier.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

October 31, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Palmisano, Barre, for plaintiff.

Paterson, Gibson, Noble & Brownell, Montpelier, for defendants.

Before BARNEY, C. J., and DALEY, LARROW, BILLINGS, and HILL, JJ.

LARROW, Judge.

Plaintiff, a police officer and detective in the Montpelier Police Department, brought his libel action against defendant Times-Argus Association, Inc., a publisher of a daily newspaper, and James Bornemeier, one of its reporters, for publication of two news articles claimed to contain defamatory falsehoods. Trial was by jury, and at the close of plaintiff's case the court directed a verdict for both defendants predicated upon plaintiff's status as...

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