ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, March 9, 1990                   TAG: 9003092227
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: ABINGDON                                LENGTH: Short

FORMER SUPERVISOR FILES LIBEL LAWSUIT

A former member of the Washington County Board of Supervisors has filed a $500,000 libel suit against a local weekly newspaper.

James McCall, a current member of the Washington County Industrial Development Authority, contends in the suit filed Wednesday in Circuit Court that his reputation was permanently damaged by a series of news articles, editorials and editorial cartoons in the Abingdon Virginian.

The suit asks for $250,000 in compensatory damages and another $250,000 in punitive damages. McCall's lawsuit pertains to alleged editorial attacks attacks in the last year.

- Associated Press 


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