Legal Opinion
Milum v. Banks
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 5, 2007No. A06A2394PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barnes, Chief Judge.
Rafe Banks III sued David Milum for general and punitive damages, contending that Milum published on his website libelous allegations about Banks. A jury awarded Banks $50,000 in general damages but no punitive damages. The trial court denied Milum’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and he appeals. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
The evidence at trial showed that Milum was charged in December 1998 with driving under the influence (DUI). He hired Banks, an attorney and the former district attorney for the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, to represent…
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