Posted on 03/23/2004 8:32:45 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:46:09 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A business was defamed when The New York Times used the pharmaceutical company's Web site to illustrate a story on illegal conduct, but the case doesn't warrant financial damages, a federal jury ruled.
Franklin Prescriptions Co. said it was the victim of "defamation by implication" when the Times used a portion of its Web site to illustrate an Oct. 25, 2000, story headlined "A Web Bazaar Turns Into a Pharmaceutical Free-for-All."
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