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DEAVER v. HINEL

No. 85-241.

391 N.W.2d 128 (1986)

223 Neb. 529

David DEAVER, Appellee, v. William J. HINEL, an Individual, and Loral Johnson and Elna Johnson, Husband and Wife, Doing Business As the Grant Tribune-Sentinel, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

August 1, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan E. Peterson of Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, Lincoln, for appellants.

Geoffrey V. Pohl and William P. Mueller of McGinley, Lane, Mueller, O'Donnell & Merritt, P.C., Ogallala, and Lori Zeilinger of Zeilinger & Zeilinger, Grant, for appellee.

KRIVOSHA, C.J., and BOSLAUGH, WHITE, CAPORALE, and GRANT, JJ., and BLUE and FAHRNBRUCH, District Judges.

WHITE, Justice.

A jury in Perkins County, Nebraska, returned a verdict on September 11, 1984, in favor of the plaintiff-appellee, David Deaver, against defendants-appellants, William J. Hinel and Loral and Elna Johnson, doing business as the Grant Tribune-Sentinel (Tribune). The jury found for Deaver on two causes of action alleging that certain material printed in the Tribune was libelous as to Deaver. It assessed Deaver's damages at $60,000.

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