(DOWNLOAD) "Prystash v. Best Medium Publishing Co." by Supreme Court of Connecticut " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Prystash v. Best Medium Publishing Co.
- Author : Supreme Court of Connecticut
- Release Date : January 28, 1969
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
Description
The plaintiff brought this action
against the defendant, seeking to recover damages
claimed to have been sustained as a result of
embarrassment, ridicule and injury to her reputation
occasioned by the publication of her photograph in
connection with a news story concerning the
commission of a felony by another woman. The
complaint was in two counts, the first count claiming
damages for an invasion of the plaintiff's right
of privacy and the second count claiming damages
for libel. Following a jury trial, the plaintiff
recovered a verdict on the first count. The
verdict on the second count was in favor of the
defendant. The court denied the plaintiff's motion
to set aside the verdict, and the plaintiff has
appealed from the judgment rendered on the
verdict, assigning error in the denial of the
motion to set aside the verdict, in the finding,
in the charge and in three rulings on evidence. The error assigned in the denial of the motion
to set aside the verdict is that the damages
awarded by the jury on the first count are
inadequate and that the verdict on the second
count is not supported by the evidence. Since the
verdict on the second count was in favor of the
defendant, the plaintiff's claim that it was not
supported by the evidence must be construed as an
assertion that the evidence was such as to require
a verdict for the plaintiff on that count. A claim
that a verdict is not supported by the evidence is
tested by the evidence printed in the appendices
to the briefs. Wright v. Coe & Anderson, Inc.,
156 Conn. 145, 157, 239 A.2d 493. The plaintiff has
printed no evidence in an appendix to her brief,
[157 Conn. 509]