Judge throws out $5M verdict for Alabama booster

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Bammers: The hits just keep on coming
Published 5/1/2008 by Jai Eugene at Loser with Socks
... verdict an Alabama football fan won in his lawsuit accusing the NCAA of slander, ruling in a decision made public Wednesday that jurors were swayed by prejudice. Circuit Judge William Gordon granted the NCAA’s request for a new trial in a lawsuit filed by timber dealer Ray Keller. He did not set a date. Keller claimed the NCAA slandered and libeled him when it announced penalties against Alabama in 2002 by referring to him and others as “rogue boosters,” “parasites” and “pariahs.” [ ESPN ] Is this just another chapter in the never ending saga surrounding the Bama program?   ...

Judge Rules in Favor of NCAA in Alabama Football Booster's Defamation Lawsuit
Published 5/2/2008 by Rick Karcher at Sports Law Blog
... This week, Circuit Judge William Gordon agreed, and threw out the verdict and granted the NCAA a new trial. According to Wednesday's press release: ...