Sentences with phrase «libel verdict in his favor»

Less than a month after receiving his $ 3.4 million payout of a libel verdict in his favor against the Boston Herald, Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Ernest Murphy has been hit with formal charges of misconduct for writing threatening and intimidating letters to the newspaper's publisher.

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Issuing a directed verdict in favor of Hustler on the issue of invasion of privacy, a federal district court also ruled against Falwell on his libel claim because, the court said, no reasonable person would believe the situation depicted in the ad to be true.