Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge Randall D. Smith postponed recording the verdict awarded Kevin Webb by the seven-member jury pending argument on the newspaper's attorneys' motion to set aside the verdict as contrary to law. Webb alleged he was wrongly accused by the daily of bullying the classmate based on a report concerning Webb's sentencing for misdemeanor assault and trespassing involving the classmate's father.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Va. Daily Socked with $5m Libel Judgment
Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge Randall D. Smith postponed recording the verdict awarded Kevin Webb by the seven-member jury pending argument on the newspaper's attorneys' motion to set aside the verdict as contrary to law. Webb alleged he was wrongly accused by the daily of bullying the classmate based on a report concerning Webb's sentencing for misdemeanor assault and trespassing involving the classmate's father.
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