West Virginia Supreme Court July 1, 1982, 14974 (Duffy v. Ogden Newspapers, Inc.)

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HARSHBARGER, Justice:

On March 1, 1979, Duffy sued defendant newspapers alleging they “did negligently, maliciously, wantonly, wilfully and with such gross recklessness and gross carelessness as to amount to wanton and wilful disregard of the rights of the plaintiff, utter and publish, or did cause to be uttered and published, a certain false, scandalous, malicious and defamatory and