MacLAUGHLIN, Justice.
The issue in this case is whether as a matter of law the evidence was insufficient to justify submitting to a jury the question of whether certain statements made by defendant John Rogers, sheriff of Meeker County, were made with actual malice, that is, with knowledge of their falsity or with a reckless disregard of whether the statements were false or not. Because we hold the evidence was insufficient, we reverse.
A jury found two statements...
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