Legal Opinion
Lou Dibella and Dibella Entertainment, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Bernard Hopkins, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 4, 2005No. Docket 03-7012, 03-9095PublishedCited by 200 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Lou DiBella sued defendant Bernard Hopkins, a former business associate, for libel. DiBella alleged that Hopkins made four libelous statements about him. After a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before Judge Denny Chin in November 2002, the plaintiff was awarded a substantial verdict based on one of Hopkins’ libelous statements. Di-Bella appeals from the judgment of that award entered December 2, 2002, on the grounds that the jury did not find that Hopkins’ other three statements were libelous. Defendant…
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