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SCHNUPP v. SMITH

Record No. 940602.

457 S.E.2d 42 (1995)

Mark SCHNUPP v. Andre L. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr., Richmond (Barrett E. Pope, Van C. Ernest, Durrette, Irvin, Lemons & Bradshaw, on briefs), for appellant.

David P. Baugh, Richmond, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

This is a slander case in which the plaintiff, Andre L. Smith (Smith), claims that the defendant, Mark Schnupp (Schnupp), defamed him by publishing to his employer a false statement accusing him of having committed a criminal offense. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Smith for $200,000 in compensatory damages and $100,000 in punitive damages. The trial court overruled Schnupp's motion to set the verdict aside and entered judgment for Smith...

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