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PEELER v. SPARTAN RADIOCASTING, INC.

No. 24531.

478 S.E.2d 282 (1996)

Harvey S. PEELER, Respondent, v. SPARTAN RADIOCASTING, INC., and Allan Ray Tedder, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 18, 1996.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William U. Gunn and Perry D. Boulier, both of Holcombe, Bomar, Cothran, & Gunn, P.A., Spartanburg; Bruce W. Sanford, Henry S. Hoberman, and Stephanie S. Abrutyn, all of Baker & Hostetler, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Robert G. McCulloch, Jr., and J. Edward Bell, III, both of Bell & Bagley, Sumter, for respondent.

Jay Bender, of Baker, Barwick, Ravenel & Bender, Columbia, for amicus curiae, South Carolina Press Association.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal of a defamation case. The jury awarded respondent Harvey S. Peeler $50,000.00 actual damages and $625,000.00 punitive damages. We reverse.

FACTS

On August 29 and September 1, 1988, appellants broadcast two television news stories on channel WSPA1 about forgeries of names on a petition to place J.R. Stroupe's name on the ballot for election to the South Carolina Senate. The incumbent...

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