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UNION OF NEEDLETRADES v. JONES

No. 032757.

603 S.E.2d 920 (2004)

268 Va. 512

UNION OF NEEDLETRADES, Industrial and Textile Employees, AFL-CIO v. Cecil N. JONES.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 5, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory B. Robertson (Christy E. Kiely; James R. Vergara, Jr., Hopewell; Hunton & Williams, McLean, on briefs), for appellant.

R. Scott Pugh (Mark S. Gardner; Gardner, Maupin, Sutton & Haney, on brief), Spotsylvania, for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KEENAN, KOONTZ, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ.

OPINION BY Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, Jr.

The dispositive issue in this appeal involving an action for common law defamation is whether the evidence adduced at trial shows that the alleged defamatory statement was false.

BACKGROUND

The extensive record in this case contains depositions, oral testimony, and lengthy exhibits introduced in evidence during a three-day jury trial. Because of the view we take regarding the dispositive issue presented...

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