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POWERS v. GASTINEAU

No. 11A04-8912-CV-571.

568 N.E.2d 1020 (1991)

William A. POWERS, Appellant (Defendant below), v. James E. GASTINEAU, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

March 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Kelley, James L. Whitlatch, Bunger, Robertson, Kelley & Steger, Bloomington, for appellant.

Frank B. Harshey, Merriman & Harshey Associates, Indianapolis, John J. Thomas, David O. Thomas, Thomas & Thomas, Brazil, for appellee.

HOFFMAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant Dr. William A. Powers appeals the trial court's judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee James E. Gastineau, awarding him $75,000.00 in compensatory damages and $100,000.00 in punitive damages on his complaint for defamation (libel).

The facts relevant to this appeal disclose that in the mid-1980's in Greene County, Indiana, a dispute over the...

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