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WEIR v. CITICORP NAT. SERVICES, INC.

No. 23935.

435 S.E.2d 864 (1993)

James WEIR, Respondent, v. CITICORP NATIONAL SERVICES, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided September 20, 1993.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julianne Farnsworth and Rebecca G. Fulmer, both of McNair Law Firm, P.A., Columbia, for appellant.

Kenneth R. Young, Jr. and Lohman D. Reiter, II, both of Young, Young & Reiter, Sumter, for respondent.

MOORE, Justice:

This is a libel action. The jury awarded Respondent James Weir $25,000.00 actual damages and $500,000.00 punitive damages. The trial judge granted a new trial nisi remittitur to $275,000.00 as to the punitive damages. We affirm.

FACTS

In August 1988, Weir, a real estate agent, discussed buying a van with Burdette Motors. Weir signed a motor vehicle sales installment contract and security agreement, a motor vehicle service contract...

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