Posted on 06/13/2016 10:11:07 AM PDT by simpson96
The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Monday overruled the jury that awarded $1.8 million to former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura in a 2014 defamation case.
Ventura won the award against the estate of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, whose memoir “American Sniper” described an altercation between him and Ventura that the former governor said did not happen. Kyle’s widow, Taya Kyle, appealed the jury’s verdict, which came after a three-week federal trial in St. Paul in July 2014.
In a 2 to 1 decision, the appeals court threw out the $1.35 million awarded to Ventura for “unjust enrichment.” It ordered the district court to conduct a new trial on the $500,000 defamation judgment in favor of Ventura.
The decision was written by William J. Riley, chief judge of the 8th Circuit, joined by Circuit Judge Bobby E. Shepherd.
In a partial dissent, Circuit Judge Lavenski Smith concurred with the majority’s decision to reverse the unjust enrichment award, but disagreed with the majority’s decision to vacate and remand the defamation judgment for a new trial.
The 2014 verdict was the product of a rare split decision. After six days of deliberations the 10-member jury deadlocked and U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle won agreement from the attorneys on both sides to allow members to vote. The verdict was 8-2 in favor of Ventura. The estate appealed, arguing that the judge had erred in his instructions to the jury.
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So, is the retrial on the issue of liability also or just on the issue of damages?
Good! Open-borders a-hole!
He's likely to have a brain aneurysm over this.
"The 2014 verdict was the product of a rare split decision. After six days of deliberations the 10-member jury deadlocked and U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle won agreement from the attorneys on both sides to allow members to vote. The verdict was 8-2 in favor of Ventura. The estate appealed, arguing that the judge had erred in his instructions to the jury."
Miller asked him some question about the topic of the epi being pushed, and Ventura exploded and hung up.
A savvy promoter would have simply said "You'll have to watch the show at XXpm whenever on Tru TV to find out..."
If only - he's probably like the other POS's who threaten this.
How could a federal judge have screwed this case up so bad?
A new trial for the original defamation lawsuit.
And if the outcome is not favorable to the more famous and powerful, maybe it will be dragged through the court system again. For a regular citizen, who has the money/time for all this?
They don’t. That’s why it is usually settled out of court.
Note that the court keeps the billable hours going for the scum lawyers involved in the case.
Too late. Hulk already spent the money.
Wasn’t the defamation regarding Chris Kyle’s having punched him out in some bar?
One mkre asshole in Mexico doesn’t help that country...
Perhaps the God that the atheist Ventura and his wife deny will strike both of them down, down, down in the pit in which Omar Mateen is burning for the rest of eternity.
Supposedly, Ventura demanded an apology, Kyle refused or didn't respond, hence the lawsuit.
“Too late. Hulk already spent the money.”
JV was ‘The Body’ - not ‘The Hulk.’
FYI.
Best.
Good point!
You’re right. Thanks.
I get confused after Andre the Giant, Gorgeous George, and Haystack Calhoun.
;-)
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