Peoples Bank & Trust Company of Mountain Home v. Globe International, Inc.

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Peoples Bank & Trust Company of Mountain Home v. Globe International, Inc.
the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

Opinion of the Court

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Plaintiff Nellie Mitchell, 96, sued defendant Globe International Publishing, Inc., after the defendant's tabloid Sun published her photo above the headline, "World's oldest newspaper carrier, 101, quits because she's pregnant!" After the district court denied the publisher's motion for summary judgment, Mitchell v. Globe Int'l Pub'g, Inc., 773 F. Supp. 1235 (W.D. Ark. 1991), the case was tried to a jury.

The jury awarded compensatory damages of $650,000 and punitive damages of $850,000. The publisher then moved for a remittitur. In Peoples Bank & Trust Company of Mountain Home v. Globe International, Inc., 786 F. Supp. 791 (W.D. Ark. 1992), the district court denied the defendant's motion for remittitur. This denial was ultimately reversed on appeal. Peoples Bank & Trust Co. of Mountain Home v. Globe Int'l Pub'g, Inc., 978 F.2d 1065 (8th Cir. 1992), on remand sub nom. Mitchell v. Globe Int'l Pub'g, Inc., 817 F. Supp. 72 (W.D. Ark. 1993).

2729931Peoples Bank & Trust Company of Mountain Home v. Globe International, Inc.1992the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, Harrison Division

786 F. Supp. 791

PEOPLES BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF MOUNTAIN HOME, Conservator of the Estate of Nellie Mitchell, an Aged Person, Plaintiff, v. GLOBE INTERNATIONAL, INC. d/b/a "Sun", Defendant.

No. Civ. 91-3001. --- Delivered: Feb. 21, 1992.

Court Documents
Opinion of the Court

[p792] Phillip H. McMath, McMath Law Firm, Little Rock, Ark., Roy E. Danuser, Mountain Home, Ark., for plaintiff.

Phillip S. Anderson, John E. Tull, Williams & Anderson, Little Rock, Ark., for defendant.

[Memorandum opinion by Chief Judge H. FRANKLIN WATERS.]

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