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SIERRA LIFE INS. v. MAGIC VALLEY NEWSPAPERS

No. 12950.

623 P.2d 103 (1980)

101 Idaho 795

SIERRA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Idaho Corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MAGIC VALLEY NEWSPAPERS, INC., publisher of Twin Falls Times-News, William E. Howard, Richard G. High and William Lazarus, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd J. Webb of Webb, Burton, Carlson, Pedersen & Paine, Twin Falls, Harold B. Wahl of Wahl & Gabel, Jacksonville, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Imhoff, Lynch & Davis, Boise, A. Bob Jordan, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiff-respondent.

BISTLINE, Justice.

Magic Valley Newspapers, Inc., William Howard, Richard High and William Lazarus (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "newspaper"1), appeal a monetary judgment entered against them for libel. As a result of the defendants' refusal to obey its discovery order, the trial court struck all defendants' pleadings, thus placing them in default. The discovery order required them to identify confidential sources consulted...

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