STUEMPGES v. PARKE, DAVIS & CO.

No. 49951.

297 N.W.2d 252 (1980)

Neil STUEMPGES, Respondent, v. PARKE, DAVIS & COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faegre & Benson, James M. Samples, and John P. Borger, Minneapolis, for appellant; Edward J. Gall, Morris Plains, N. J., of counsel.

Chestnut & Brooks, Karl L. Cambronne, and Thomas H. Graham, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


SHERAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by Parke, Davis & Company challenging a jury verdict that plaintiff-respondent Neil Stuempges had been defamed by Parke Davis employees and its award of $17,250 for actual pecuniary loss, $10,500 in compensatory damages and $10,000 in punitive damages. We affirm.

Viewing the facts in the light most favorable to the prevailing party, as we must do on appeal, Blasing v. P. R. L. Hardenbergh Co., 303 Minn. 41...

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