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N.Y. Appeals Panel Dismisses Former Knick’s Defamation Suit

An appeals panel has thrown out ex-New York Knick Latrell Sprewell's defamation suit against a sportswriter. In reversing the lower court, the Appellate Division, 1st Department, held that Sprewell failed to present any evidence that "actual malice" motivated Marc Berman to write that the basketball star may have fractured his finger by accidentally punching a wall during a fight at a party on his yacht. The information was not reported as incontrovertible fact, said the judge.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 at 12:38 pm and is filed under Lawyer - News.