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RICHMOND NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. LIPSCOMB

Record No. 840737.

362 S.E.2d 32 (1987)

RICHMOND NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al., v. Vernelle M. LIPSCOMB.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Wellford (David C. Kohler, Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell, Richmond, on briefs), for appellants.

John H. OBrion, Jr. (William Allcott; Carrie L. Camp, Browder, Russell, Morris & Butcher, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

WHITING, Justice.

This action for defamation brought by a Richmond public school teacher, Vernelle M. Lipscomb (Lipscomb), against Richmond Newspapers, Inc. (the newspaper), a publisher, and its reporter, Charles E. Cox (Cox), arises out of the publication of a front-page article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The trial judge sustained a jury's award of $45,000 in punitive damages against Cox, but required a remittitur of $900,000 of a $1,000,000 compensatory...

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