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JOSEPH v. ELAM

No. 49377.

709 S.W.2d 517 (1986)

Larry E. JOSEPH, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Lawrence ELAM, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied May 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel Eisenstein, St. Charles, for plaintiff-respondent.

Rollings & Gerhardt, Eric O. Stuhler, St. Charles, for defendant-appellant.

SIMON, Judge.

Lawrence Elam, defendant, appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to the jury's verdict in favor of Larry E. Joseph, plaintiff, in a slander action in the Circuit Court of St. Charles County. The judgment was for actual damages of $3000 and punitive damages of $500. Pursuant to defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or in the alternative for a new trial, the trial court found there was insufficient evidence for the punitive damages...

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