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STRAITWELL v. NATIONAL STEEL CORP.

No. 88-3883.

869 F.2d 248 (1989)

Harold L. STRAITWELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, v. THOMSON NEWSPAPERS, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellee, and Weirton Steel Corporation, Third Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 11, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Nicholas Frankovitch (Mark A. Colantonio, Volk, Frankovitch, Anetakis, Recht, Robertson & Hellerstedt, Donald E. Seymour, Richard W. Hosking, James R. Segerdahl, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Paul Joseph McArdle, Christine Machel (Frank Cuomo, Jr., William E. Watson & Associates, on brief), for appellees.

Before SPROUSE and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied April 11, 1989.

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by National Steel Corporation from a judgment against it on a jury verdict for $225,000 in favor of Harold L. Straitwell in his diversity action alleging that National defamed him in a news release it caused to be published. National also appeals from the district court's imposition of sanctions under rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, awarding Thomson...

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