RE v. GANNETT CO., INC.


480 A.2d 662 (1984)

Ronald RE, Plaintiff, v. GANNETT CO., INC., t/a The News-Journal Company, and David L. Preston, Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: June 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Green of Connolly, Bove & Lodge, Wilmington, for plaintiff.

Louis J. Finger and L. Susan Faw of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for defendants.


TAYLOR, Judge.

Defendants seek to set aside a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $1,335,000 as compensatory damages in a libel action based upon an erroneous paragraph in the News Journal which stated that at a demonstration of an air-powered car which occurred approximately two years before the challenged newspaper article the car had failed to run. The major portion of the challenged article correctly reported that plaintiff had been indicted on charges...

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