MAUCK, STASTNY & RASSAM, P. A. v. BICKNELL

No. 3847.

625 P.2d 1219 (1980)

95 N.M. 702

MAUCK, STASTNY & RASSAM, P. A., a New Mexico Professional Corporation and Keith W. Mauck, Frederick J. Stastny and Hormuzd Y. Rassam, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bruce BICKNELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

June 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Campbell, Campbell & Black, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.

Briones, Harrell & Wills, P.A., Farmington, for plaintiffs-appellees.


OPINION

ANDREWS, Judge.

This appeal arises out of an action brought by Keith Mauck, Frederick Stastny, and Hormuzd Rassam, in both their individual capacities and in the name of their professional corporation (MSR) against Bruce Bicknell for libel. The trial court, sitting without a jury, awarded $37,500.00 in actual damages and a like amount in punitive damages to each of the individual plaintiffs.

The factual background of this case is undisputed...

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