Punitive Damages, Sports and Tort

Stern Rebuke: Auburn University Hit With Punitive Damages in Free Speech Case

JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Notably, the jury awarded punitive damages against the university, a relative rarity for juries but well deserved in this case. He argued that academic integrity was being sacrificed for sports. There seemed little balance struck in this case and the jury responded by hitting Auburn with punitive damages.

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New York Times Loses Effort to Block Kai Spears Defamation Action

JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2023

” As a sports figure, such allegations can have a major impact on his future contracts both with teams and advertisers. We have previously discussed retraction statutes that can limit damages or actions. Spears has given public statements and is a sports sensation. Reader’s Digest Association , 443 U.S. 157, 168 (1979).

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Stern Rebuke: Auburn University Hit With Punitive Damages in Free Speech Case

New York Times Loses Effort to Block Kai Spears Defamation Action

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