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STEVENS v. SUN PUBLISHING CO.

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270 S.C. 65 (1978)

240 S.E.2d 812

James P. STEVENS, Respondent, v. The SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Pope, of Robinson, McFadden, Moore & Pope, Columbia, and McCutcheon & McCutcheon, of Conway, and Wahl & Gabel, Jacksonville, Fla., for Appellant.

J.M. Long, Jr., of Conway, for Respondent.

January 18, 1978.

NESS, Justice:

This appeal is from a jury verdict of $50,000.00 actual damages rendered in a libel suit instituted by respondent James P. Stevens against appellant, The Sun Publishing Company. We affirm.

Respondent Stevens served as State senator for Horry County from 1955 to 1976. The Sun Publishing Company owns and publishes two newspapers, The Field and Herald and The Sun News, in which...

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