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THOMSON NEWSPAPER PUB., INC. v. COODY

No. 94-908.

896 S.W.2d 897 (1995)

320 Ark. 455

THOMSON NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING, INC., d/b/a Northwest Arkansas Times, and S.D. "Dave" Stokes, Individually and as Publisher of Northwest Arkansas Times, Appellants, v. Dan COODY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 8, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Alan Wooten, J. Randall McGinnis, Fort Smith, for appellants.

Jim Rose, III, John VanWinkle, John J. Watkins, Fayetteville, for appellee.

ROAF, Justice.

This appeal involves a libel action filed by appellee Dan Coody against the appellants, Thomson Newspaper Publishing, Inc., d/b/a Northwest Arkansas Times (Times), and S.D. "Dave" Stokes, individually and as publisher of the Times. A jury awarded Dan Coody $275,000.00 in compensatory and punitive damages. Appellants raise four points for our review: (1) appellee failed to submit any evidence of libel upon which the jury could base a verdict...

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