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WOODWARD v. S.C. FARM BUREAU INS. CO.

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277 S.C. 29 (1981)

282 S.E.2d 599

W. McGill WOODWARD, M.D., Respondent, v. SOUTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

September 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott T. Halio of Halio & Fogleman, Charleston, and Robert J. Thomas of Tompkins, McMaster & Thomas, Columbia, for appellant.

Thomas S. Tisdale, Jr. of Young, Clement & Rivers, Charleston, for respondent.

September 14, 1981.

HARWELL, Justice:

South Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Company appeals a verdict against it in a libel and slander action instituted by respondent W. McGill Woodward. Farm Bureau alleges that the trial judge erred by finding the communications libelous and slanderous per se and not protected by privilege; failure to submit the issue of liability to the jury is assigned as error. Farm Bureau also contends that the admission of

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