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CARUSO v. LOCAL 690 INTERNL. BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

No. 51554-9.

107 Wn.2d 524 (1987)

730 P.2d 1299

ROBERT E. CARUSO, Respondent, v. LOCAL UNION NO. 690 OF INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN AND HELPERS OF AMERICA, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hafer, Price, Rinehart & Schwerin, Hugh Hafer, and Richard H. Robblee, for appellants.

Frank Conklin, Joseph J. Ganz, and Lee, Smart, Cook, Martin & Patterson, for respondent.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

A labor union appeals from a judgment of $244,000 in favor of a defamation plaintiff, raising instructional, juror challenge, and evidentiary issues. First, did the trial court err in submitting conflicting jury instructions on the elements of a defamation action and the burdens to be met by a defamation plaintiff, and assuming error, is reversal required where the jury nevertheless found the plaintiff met his highest burden and substantial evidence...

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