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NEVADA IND. BROADCASTING CORP. v. ALLEN

No. 13469.

664 P.2d 337 (1983)

NEVADA INDEPENDENT BROADCASTING CORPORATION, a corporation, and William H. Hernstadt, Appellants, v. William C. ALLEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hilbrecht, Jones, Schreck & Bernhard and L.T. Jones, George A. Cromer, Las Vegas, Henry Mark Holzer, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellants.

Galane & Jimmerson, Rickdall & Shulman, Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

SPRINGER, Justice:

This appeal arises out of a jury verdict and judgment of $675,000 in general damages awarded to respondent Allen and against appellants (to be called "Hernstadt") for defamation of character.

Statement of the Facts

This slander suit arose out of a televised political question-answer program during the 1978 Nevada primary campaign. Allen was running against Robert List in the Republican gubernatorial primary...

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