Legal Opinion
DiBella v. Hopkins
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 29, 2005No. 01 Civ. 11779(DC)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
CHIN, District Judge.
On November 19, 2002, a jury rendered a verdict in this case in favor of plaintiff Lou DiBella on his claim that he had been libeled by defendant Bernard Hopkins in statements published in an Internet boxing magazine. The jury awarded DiBella $610,000. The jury rejected DiBella’s other libel claims as well as claims by DiBella and his company, DiBella Entertainment, Inc., for quantum meruit. See DiBella v. Hopkins, 285 F.Supp.2d 394 (S.D.N.Y. 2003).
Both sides appealed. The Second Circuit affirmed, DiBella v. Hopkins, 403 F.3d 102 (2d Cir.2005), and the…
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