Advanced Training Systems Inc. v. Caswell Equipment Co.

How courts have described this case

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• jury award of $75,000 in actual damages and $250,000 in punitive damages not excessive for libel
• jury award of $75,000 in actual damages and $250,000 in punitive damages not excessive for libel
• a plaintiff may not recover for product disparagement unless he is able to prove special damages in the form of pecuniary loss directly attributable to the defendant’s false statement
• “We therefore hold that the injunction below, limited as it is to material found either libelous or disparaging after a full jury trial, is not unconstitutional and may stand.”
• “Efforts to mitigate damages in tort are not compensable unless plaintiff proves a tort, and where special damages are an essential element of plaintiff’s action, they must be proved before mitigation expenses may be considered”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).