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HANKS v. HUBBARD BROADCASTING, INC.

No. C8-92-558.

493 N.W.2d 302 (1992)

Ruth Ann Spencer HANKS, Respondent, v. HUBBARD BROADCASTING, INC., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied February 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Diercks, Rubin, Winston, Diercks, Harris & Cooke, Washington, D.C., Rebecca Palmer, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Robert Lewis Barrows, Leonard, Street & Deinard, P.A., Minneapolis, for appellant.

Considered and decided by AMUNDSON, P.J., and LANSING and PETERSON, JJ.

OPINION

AMUNDSON, Judge.

Appellant Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. challenges the jury verdict awarding respondent Ruth Ann Spencer Hanks $82,603 in compensatory damages for intentional misrepresentation and $300,000 in punitive damages. We affirm.

FACTS

In July 1985, respondent Ruth Ann Spencer Hanks (Spencer) began working as a television news anchor at KSTP-TV, owned by appellant Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. (HBI). On July 10, 1986, Spencer...

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