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MARTIN v. WILSON PUB. CO.

83-95-Appeal.

497 A.2d 322 (1985)

George H. MARTIN v. WILSON PUBLISHING CO. et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

August 23, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Mahoney (Carroll Kelly & Murphy), Providence, for plaintiff.

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr. (Edwards & Angell), Robert B. Gates (Gardner Sawyer Gates & Sloan), Providence, Abraham Goldstein, Warwick, for defendants.

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This is an action wherein the plaintiff, George H. Martin (Martin), seeks compensatory and punitive damages for defamation arising out of an allegedly libelous paragraph contained in an October 19, 1977 story printed in the Chariho Times by defendant Wilson Publishing Co. The case was tried in the Superior Court before a jury from August 23 through August 27, 1982. Following the presentation...

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