Speed v. Scott


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Docket Number: 1998-CT-01520-SCT
Linked Case(s): 1998-CA-01520-COA
Supreme Court: Opinion Date: 04-26-2001
Opinion Author: PITTMAN, CHIEF JUSTICE
Holding: Affirmed
Additional Case Information: Judge(s) Concurring: SMITH, MILLS, WALLER AND COBB, JJ.
Dissenting Author : BANKS, P.J.; McRAE, P.J.
Dissent Joined By : McRAE, P.J., AND DIAZ, J., BANKS, P.J., EASLEY, JJ.
Procedural History: Jury Trial
Nature of the Case: Libel
Trial Court: Date of Trial Judgment: 08-07-1998
Appealed from: Copiah County Circuit Court
Judge: Lamar Pickard
Disposition: A jury awarded Scott $50,000 in actual and punitive damages, and judgment was entered accordingly. On appeal a divided Court of Appeals agreed with Speed's argument that the absence of evidence of damage to reputation was fatal to Scott's suit, and it reversed and rendered judgment for Speed.
Note: THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF APPEALS IS AFFIRMED, AND THE JUDGMENT OF THE COPIAH COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT IS REVERSED AND RENDERED.; BANKS, P.J., DISSENTS WITH SEPARATE WRITTEN OPINION JOINED BY McRAE, P.J., AND DIAZ, J. McRAE, P.J., DISSENTS WITH SEPARATE WRITTEN OPINION JOINED BY BANKS, P.J., DIAZ AND EASLEY, JJ.
  Party Name: Attorney Name:  
Appellant: HAROLD SPEED




 WALTER WILLIAM DUKES



  
Appellee: ROBERT E. SCOTT T. MACK BRABHAM  


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