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TIM TORRES ENTERPRISES v. LINSCOTT

No. 86-1702.

142 Wis.2d 56 (1987)

416 N.W.2d 670

TIM TORRES ENTERPRISES, INC., a Wisconsin corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Robert J. LINSCOTT, Linscott Inc., a/k/a Gilles Frozen Custard, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of William H. Vettel, of Milwaukee.

For the defendants-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael, Best & Friedrich, with Michael E. Husmann and John E. Flanagan, of counsel.

Before Moser, P.J., Wedemeyer and Sullivan, JJ.

WEDEMEYER, J.

Robert J. Linscott and Linscott, Inc. a/k/a Gilles Frozen Custard, Inc., (Linscott) appeal from a judgment approving a jury verdict in favor of Tim Torres Enterprises, Inc. (Torres). The jury found that Linscott had made untruthful, deceptive or misleading statements in violation of sec. 100.18, Stats., and that these statements defamed Torres. As a result, the jury awarded Torres pecuniary, compensatory and punitive damages.

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