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MARCHESI v. FRANCHINO

[No. 169, September Term, 1977.]

283 Md. 131 (1978)

387 A.2d 1129

KIM MARCHESI v. MARGARET FRANCHINO

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Feldman, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Glenn W. Bell and Robert A. Zarnoch, Assistant Attorneys General, on the brief, for appellant.

David B. Mitchell, with whom was Michael B. Mitchell on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.

LEVINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari here to reexamine the definition of "malice," as that term is applied to defeat a conditional privilege defense in cases of private defamation. This issue arose in an action for slander brought by appellee against appellant in the Superior Court of Baltimore City. Following removal to the Baltimore City Court, a jury returned a verdict of $500 compensatory and $20,000 punitive damages. The Court...

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