LILE v. MATTHEWS

No. CA 79-331.

598 S.W.2d 755 (1980)

Olive M. LILE, Appellant, v. Sherry MATTHEWS, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

Released for Publication May 14, 1980.

Review Denied May 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friday, Eldridge & Clark by John Dewey Watson, Little Rock, for appellant.

R. David Lewis, Little Rock, for appellee.


Released for Publication by the Court of Appeals May 14, 1980.

NEWBERN, Judge.

This is a slander case in which we are asked to reverse a judgment awarding the appellee general damages of $14, $30,000 compensatory damages and $20,000 punitive damages. The appellant asserts, at first, two errors consisting of admissions of hearsay evidence. We agree with the appellant, but we find one of these errors was not prejudicial and the other went only to the question...

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