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HOLDAWAY DRUGS, INC. v. BRADEN

582 S.W.2d 646 (1979)

HOLDAWAY DRUGS, INC., and David T. Holdaway, Movants, v. Thomas M. BRADEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Dant Kearns, Stites, McElwain & Fowler, John W. Potter, Porter, Gulick & Potter, Louisville, for movants.

Stanley M. Billingsley, Carrollton, Stephen G. Horner, Louisville, for respondent.

REED, Justice.

This is a defamation action. A discharged employee sued his former employer for allegedly slanderous statements uttered to an agent for a prospective employer on one occasion and on another occasion overheard by fellow employees and on still another occasion uttered to a parent of a fellow employee. The jury found in favor of the discharged employee and awarded him compensatory but not punitive damages. The...

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