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COFIELD v. ADVERTISER COMPANY

85-432.

486 So.2d 434 (1986)

Keenan COFIELD v. The ADVERTISER COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keenan Cofield, pro se.

M.R. Nachman, Jr., and William A. Shashy, of Steiner, Crum & Baker, Montgomery, for appellees.

FAULKNER, Justice.

Keenan Cofield, an inmate confined to the West Jefferson Correctional Facility, Bessemer, Alabama, filed a libel action against the Advertiser Company, Alvin Benn, the author of an allegedly libelous story that appeared in the Montgomery Advertiser; Doyle Harvil, the newspaper's publisher; and Mike Forster, the managing editor. Against the Advertiser Company, Cofield sought $10 million as punitive damages, and $7.5 million in compensatory...

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