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Statutes > New-york > Cvr > Article-7 > 76

§  76.  Action for libel: evidence, separate verdicts. At the trial of  any civil action for libel, the defendant may prove,  for  consideration  by  the jury in fixing the amount of the verdict, that the plaintiff has  already recovered damages,  or  has  received,  or  agreed  to  receive,  compensation  in  respect  of  a libel or libels of a similar purport or  effect as the libel  for  which  such  action  has  been  brought.    In  consolidated  actions  based  on libels of similar purport or effect the  jury shall assess the whole amount of the  plaintiff's  damages  in  one  sum, but a separate verdict shall be taken for or against each defendant  and  the jury shall apportion the amount of damages among the defendants  against whom it found a verdict.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > New-york > Cvr > Article-7 > 76

§  76.  Action for libel: evidence, separate verdicts. At the trial of  any civil action for libel, the defendant may prove,  for  consideration  by  the jury in fixing the amount of the verdict, that the plaintiff has  already recovered damages,  or  has  received,  or  agreed  to  receive,  compensation  in  respect  of  a libel or libels of a similar purport or  effect as the libel  for  which  such  action  has  been  brought.    In  consolidated  actions  based  on libels of similar purport or effect the  jury shall assess the whole amount of the  plaintiff's  damages  in  one  sum, but a separate verdict shall be taken for or against each defendant  and  the jury shall apportion the amount of damages among the defendants  against whom it found a verdict.

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > New-york > Cvr > Article-7 > 76

§  76.  Action for libel: evidence, separate verdicts. At the trial of  any civil action for libel, the defendant may prove,  for  consideration  by  the jury in fixing the amount of the verdict, that the plaintiff has  already recovered damages,  or  has  received,  or  agreed  to  receive,  compensation  in  respect  of  a libel or libels of a similar purport or  effect as the libel  for  which  such  action  has  been  brought.    In  consolidated  actions  based  on libels of similar purport or effect the  jury shall assess the whole amount of the  plaintiff's  damages  in  one  sum, but a separate verdict shall be taken for or against each defendant  and  the jury shall apportion the amount of damages among the defendants  against whom it found a verdict.