CAVEMAN ADVENTURES UN v. PRESS-CITIZEN CO.

No. 99-0435.

633 N.W.2d 757 (2001)

CAVEMAN ADVENTURES UN, LTD. d/b/a The Electronics Cave, Appellee, v. PRESS-CITIZEN CO., INC. d/b/a Iowa City Press-Citizen, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Giudicessi and Kasey W. Kincaid of Faegre & Benson LLP, Des Moines, and Randall B. Willman of Leff, Haupert, Traw & Willman, L.L.P., Iowa City, for appellant.

Martin A. Diaz, Iowa City, for appellee.


CARTER, Justice.

Press-Citizen Co., Inc., (the Press-Citizen) appeals from a judgment awarding substantial punitive damages against it in a libel action. The plaintiff-appellee is Caveman Adventures UN, Ltd. d/b/a the Electronics Cave (the Electronics Cave), a retail vendor of electronic equipment in Iowa City, including VCRs and camcorders. The gravamen of the Electronics Cave's claim in the district court was that a business competitor, Woodburn Electronics, Inc...

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