Word: plaintiffs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Myron C. Wick, 38, Ohio broker, plaintiff in the suit to enjoin the merger between Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. and Bethlehem Steel Corp.; of pneumonia, a week after he had been taken ill in court, at Youngstown...
...same doctrine was applied in the similar Massachusetts case of Smith v. New England Aircraft Co. But there, injunction was denied, largely because the portion of the plaintiff's land in question was covered with dense brush and woods, and the occupants failed to prove material discomfort to themselves because of low flying...
...Light, charging acts that would be most unusual in a company of Northern Ohio's size and prestige. The base of the suit was the charge that the power company conspired to have an employe work for the bus lines, that this person "maliciously fomented trouble among the plaintiff's employes, placed quantities of carborundum dust and emery dust in the motors of various busses of the plaintiffs and put baking syrup in the oil pans, let air out of the tires of busses, placed tacks and nails in specially prepared molds at bus stops...
...Kehoe sued for libel. Judge charged jury that it might consider the Herald Tribune's retraction in fixing damages. Result: the 6? verdict. Said Appellate Justice Francis Martin last week: "Retractions are often dilatory, offensive, and ineffective. ... In a case where . . . the article was grossly libelous and the plaintiff a man of excellent reputation . . . there should be a verdict for substantial damages. ... A verdict for 6? in this case can be accounted for only by reason of the rule of damages enunciated by the trial court. . . . Judgment . . . reversed. . . . New trial." Wrong Picture. In Cuyahoga county, Ohio, last fortnight...
...Compensatory damages for actual loss of business, employment, etc., resulting from the defamatory publication. Punitive damages: additional recovery, on grounds of malice or gross negligence, to punish the offender and render mental and moral satisfaction to the victim.† The 6? verdict, awarded where the plaintiff's technical rights have been violated without considerable material damage, has precedent in old English law. A usual award in such cases was threepence, the smallest silver coin, U.S. money equivalent...