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GULF PUB. CO., INC. v. LEE

No. 54030.

434 So.2d 687 (1983)

GULF PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. and David Bean v. Webb LEE and Tommy Gollott.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mize, Thompson & Blass, John C. Ellis, W. Joel Blass, Gulfport, for appellants.

Joseph Sam Owen, Gulfport, for appellees.

Before BROOM, P.J., and BOWLING and HAWKINS, JJ.

HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

Gulf Publishing Company, Inc., and David Bean appeal from a judgment rendered against them by the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County in favor of Webb Lee and Tommy Gollott for $100,000 each actual damages and $50,000 each punitive damages, totaling $300,000.

The issue we address on this appeal is whether a newspaper publisher and one of its reporters are...

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