LENT v. HUNTOON

No. 82-155.

470 A.2d 1162 (1983)

Ronald LENT v. H.J. HUNTOON and Huntoon Business Machines, Inc.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

November 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelley & Meub, Ltd., Middlebury, for plaintiff-appellee.

Joseph M. O'Neill, Rutland, for defendants-appellants.

Before BILLINGS, C.J., and HILL, UNDERWOOD, PECK and GIBSON, JJ.


UNDERWOOD, Justice.

Defendants appeal from a verdict and judgment rendered in the Rutland Superior Court. The jury found the defendants liable for defamation and awarded plaintiff a total of $40,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. We affirm the judgment.

Plaintiff in his complaint alleged libel and slander by defendant H.J. Huntoon, individually, and defendant Huntoon Business Machines, Inc. The suit resulted from events following the termination of...

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