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WARDLAW v. PECK

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282 S.C. 199 (1984)

318 S.E.2d 270

Mary Jo WARDLAW, Respondent, v. Robert Newton PECK, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided May 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene C. Griffith, Griffith, Mays, Foster & Kitrell, Newberry, for appellant.

J. Kendall Few, Greenville, for respondent.

Heard Jan. 24, 1984.

Decided May 25, 1984.

BELL, Judge:

This is an action for slander brought by Mary Jo Wardlaw against Robert Newton Peck. The jury returned a verdict of $4,000 actual and $20,000 punitive damages for Wardlaw. Peck appeals. We affirm.

The facts are substantially undisputed. Peck, an author of children's books who teaches at Rollins College in Florida, was invited to speak to a convocation at Erskine College in Due West, South...

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