RAMACCIOTTI v. ZINN

No. 37936.

550 S.W.2d 217 (1977)

William RAMACCIOTTI, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Fred ZINN, Defendant-Appellant.

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

April 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip E. Fishman, University City, for defendant-appellant.

Cook, Murphy, Lance & Mayer, Daniel J. Murphy, St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.


McMILLIAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from a jury verdict awarding plaintiff $10,000 in actual and punitive damages on plaintiff's four-count libel and slander action. The suit originally contained five counts but plaintiff voluntarily dismissed Count II. Count I was based on an allegedly defamatory memoranda; Counts III, IV and V involved allegedly slanderous incidents. Recovery on defendant's counterclaim, premised on slander of defendant by plaintiff, was...

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