SMALLS v. WRIGHT

Record No. 900499.

399 S.E.2d 805 (1991)

Christel T. SMALLS v. Joseph W. WRIGHT.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy H. Hankins, Newport News, for appellant.

Stephen M. Smith, Hampton, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

In this appeal from a judgment in favor of a plaintiff in a defamation action, we determine whether the trial court erred (1) in failing to rule that the defendant's alleged defamatory statements were qualifiedly privileged, and (2) in granting certain jury instructions and in refusing others.

Joseph W. Wright filed a defamation action against Christel T. Smalls. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Wright, awarding him $1,000 in compensatory...

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