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HAYDEN v. FORYT

No. 52876.

407 So.2d 535 (1981)

Lee HAYDEN v. John FORYT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gillis, Walman & Gillis, Norman B. Gillis, Jr., McComb, for appellant.

T. Mack Brabham, McComb, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and LEE, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court:

John Foryt filed suit against Lee Hayden, Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center (SMRMC), and Tom Logue, administrator, in the Circuit Court of Pike County, Honorable Joe N. Pigott presiding, for damages resulting from defamation and actionable words. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Foryt in the sum of $500,000, a remittitur was entered by the circuit judge reducing the award to $75,000, which was accepted by Foryt. The...

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