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Caveman Adventures UN, Ltd. v. Press-Citizen Co.,

Libel judgment and punitive damages award against newspaper reversed where evidence did not support finding that paper acted with actual malice in publishing advertisement critical of advertiser's competitors.

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Press-Citizen Co., Inc., (the Press-Citizen) appeals from a judgment awarding substantial punitive damages against it in a libel action. The plaintiff-appellee is Caveman Adventures UN, Ltd. d/b/a the Electronics Cave (the Electronics Cave), a retail vendor of electronic equipment in Iowa City, including VCRs and camcorders. The gravamen of the Electronics Cave’s claim in the district court was that a business competitor, Woodburn Electronics, Inc. (Woodburn), had libeled it by publishing a paid advertisement in the Press-Citizen accusing the Electronics Cave of false and misleading advertising designed to deceive the buying public. It contended that the Press-Citizen joined in the publication of the libel.

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