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ABOFREKA v. ALSTON TOBACCO

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288 S.C. 122 (1986)

341 S.E.2d 622

R. K. ABOFREKA, M.D., Respondent v. The ALSTON TOBACCO Company; Valley Fidelity Bank, Trustee, Diamond G Employee Benefit Plan; Diamond G Employee Benefit Plan; and Southern Packaging and Storage of South Carolina Incorporated, d/b/a Marnat Packing Company, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Finley B. Clarke, of Clarke & Johnson, and David W. Keller, Jr., of McGowan, Keller, Eaton, Brodie & Elmore, Florence, for appellants.

Henry Hammer, of Hammer & Bernstein, Columbia, and John C. Lindsay, Sr., of Lindsay & Lindsay, Bennettsville, for respondent.

Heard Jan. 9, 1986.

Decided March 11, 1986.

NESS, Chief Justice:

This is an action for libel brought by respondent Abofreka against appellants alleging damage to his reputation as the result of a memorandum posted on the premises of appellant Marnat Packing Company. The jury awarded Abofreka actual and punitive damages. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Abofreka is a medical doctor specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, and he treated...

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