Media defendants won 5 of 11 libel and related trials on First Am...
Media defendants won 5 of 11 libel and related trials on First Amendment issues in 2000, but average of awards to plaintiffs was highest in 21 years Legal Defense Research Center has been keeping track, Center said. Average award…
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in 6 trials lost by media last year was $5.6 million, while median award was $2.5 million, highest ever, Center reported. High figures were skewered by $24.5 million awarded by Mo. state court in Doe vs. TCI Cablevision, which already has been set aside by higher court, Center said. In 21 years records have been kept, awards against media have been reduced on appeal in more than 2/3 of cases, it said. Center report with descriptions of all cases tried last year is available for $20 -- 212-889-2306.