INGLES v. DIVELY

Record No. 921705.

435 S.E.2d 641 (1993)

McClanahan INGLES, et al. v. Robert C. DIVELY, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Davis Bugg, Jr., Richmond (Charles S. Russell, Jr., Rumsey, Breeden, Hubbard, Bugg & Terry, on briefs), for appellants.

William D. Bayliss, Richmond (Dana D. McDaniel, Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


LACY, Justice.

In this defamation case, Robert C. Dively sued McClanahan Ingles seeking damages for Ingles's statements describing Dively, inter alia, as a criminal, a thief, and a convicted thief. The jury returned a verdict for Dively, awarding him both compensatory and punitive damages. On appeal, we consider Ingles's assertions that the trial court erred in admitting a newspaper article into evidence because its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial...

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