Zagorin v. Durham

Court of Appeals of Oregon

Zagorin v. Durham

904 P.2d 178, 137 Or. App. 273, 1995 Ore. App. LEXIS 1441

CourtCourt of Appeals of Oregon

DecidedOctober 11, 1995

Docket16-92-06166; CA A81540

StatusPublished

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Zagorin v. Durham, 904 P.2d 178, 137 Or. App. 273, 1995 Ore. App. LEXIS 1441 (Or. Ct. App. 1995).

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Opinion

PER CURIAM

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant, entered on a jury verdict, in this defamation case. We affirm.

All of the issues raised by plaintiffs two assignments of error relate to the trial court’s rejection of plaintiffs evidence that he suffered humiliation and emotional distress as a result of alleged defamatory statements made by defendant. ¹ The jury was given a special verdict form in this case. It answered “No” to the question: “Has the plaintiff proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant made a defamatory statement with respect to plaintiff?” Because the jury found that defendant did not make a defamatory statement, any asserted error with relation to plaintiffs damages could not have affected the outcome of the case and was harmless.² Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.

Affirmed.

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PER CURIAM

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant, entered on a jury verdict, in this defamation case. We affirm.

All of the issues raised by plaintiffs two assignments of error relate to the trial court’s rejection of plaintiffs evidence that he suffered humiliation and emotional distress as a result of alleged defamatory statements made by defendant. ¹ The jury was given a special verdict form in this case. It answered “No” to the question: “Has the plaintiff proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant made a defamatory statement with respect to plaintiff?” Because the jury found that defendant did not make a defamatory statement, any asserted error with relation to plaintiffs damages could not have affected the outcome of the case and was harmless.² Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.

Affirmed.

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904 P.2d 178, 137 Or. App. 273, 1995 Ore. App. LEXIS 1441, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/zagorin-v-durham-orctapp-1995.