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GOODWIN v. KENNEDY

No. 3379.

347 S.C. 30 (2001)

552 S.E.2d 319

Johnny GOODWIN, Respondent, v. Reverend David KENNEDY, individually, and the Abbeville Chapter of C.A.F.E., a nonprofit corporation, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided August 6, 2001.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen John Henry, of Greenville, for appellants.

Thomas E. Hite, Jr., of Abbeville, for respondent.

CONNOR, J.:

In this defamation action, Johnny Goodwin sued David Kennedy and the Abbeville Chapter of C.A.F.E., a nonprofit corporation, for allegedly slanderous statements Kennedy made while Goodwin was an assistant principal of a local high school. The jury returned a verdict for Goodwin and awarded him actual damages of $5,000 and punitive damages of $25,000. Kennedy appeals.1 We affirm.

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