Howard v. Antilla

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

■ The plaintiff, chairman of a publicly-traded company, brought suit against the defendant, a newspaper reporter, for defamation and false light invasion of privacy. At the end of the trial, the jury returned a sizeable verdict in favor of the plaintiff on his claim for false light invasion of privacy, but a take-nothing verdict on the defamation claim. For the reasons stated below, we vacate the jury’s verdict on the false light claim and order an entry of judgment in favor of the defendant.

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Defendant-appellant Susan Antilla (“An-tilla”) was a business reporter for…