· 4/1/1981
Lundquist v. Alewine
Citations
- 397 So. 2d 1148
How courts have described this case
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- where defamation is actionable per se, punitive damages may be awarded even though the amount of actual damages is neither found nor shown
- “When the words published concerning a person tend to degrade him, bring him into ill repute, destroy confidence in his integrity, or cause like injury, such language is actionable per se.”
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