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FOOD LION, INC. v. CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.

No. 6:92CV00592.

964 F.Supp. 956 (1997)

FOOD LION, INC., Plaintiff, v. CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC., ABC Holding Co., American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Lynne Litt, Richard N. Kaplan, Ira Rosen and Susan Barnett, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina, Winston-Salem Division.

May 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy G. Barber, Charlotte, NC, W. Andrew Copenhaver, David A. Shirlen, Elizabeth B. McGee, Winston-Salem, NC, John J. Walsh, New York City, Richard L. Wyatt, Jr., Washington, DC, Charles Porter, Columbia, SC, for Plaintiff.

H. Hugh Stevens, Jr., Raleigh, NC, Randall J. Turk, William H. Jeffress, Jr., Washington, DC, Douglas M. Martin, Charlotte, NC, Bruce W. Sanford, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TILLEY, District Judge

One of the most difficult and interesting questions presented by this case was whether Food Lion could recover compensatory damages for lost sales, lost profits and other injuries resulting from the publication of the Prime Time Live story in November of 1 992. The matter was extensively briefed and argued by both sides. On December 20, 1996, after the jury returned a verdict finding Defendants liable for...

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