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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHulk Hogan wins $115 million in sex tape suit against Gawker
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-hulkhogan-verdict-idUSKCN0WK2UA?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter
A Florida jury awarded Hulk Hogan $115 million on Friday after finding the Gawker website violated his privacy by publishing a sex tape of the celebrity wrestler.
Hogan sought $100 million in damages over the edited video that Gawker posted online in 2012. The case weighed a celebrity's right to privacy in the Internet age against freedom of the press as protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
A Florida jury awarded Hulk Hogan $115 million on Friday after finding the Gawker website violated his privacy by publishing a sex tape of the celebrity wrestler.
Hogan sought $100 million in damages over the edited video that Gawker posted online in 2012. The case weighed a celebrity's right to privacy in the Internet age against freedom of the press as protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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Hulk Hogan wins $115 million in sex tape suit against Gawker (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Mar 2016
OP
These unusual uber-verdicts mean zillions of actually hurting folks get nothing or a pittance
Land Shark
Mar 2016
#2
"YEAH BROTHER!!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN HULKAMANIA SUES YOUR ASS!!!" nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2016
#4
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)1. Good.
Land Shark
(6,346 posts)2. These unusual uber-verdicts mean zillions of actually hurting folks get nothing or a pittance
Because that is what usually happens. Then juries react to verdicts like this and punish thousands of future plaintiffs to adjust for this excessive verdict. Having a sex tape distributed is a very bad thing it is just not 115 million (unless those were the profits off of it, which is highly doubtful)
ejbr
(5,856 posts)3. And the guy
who spent 20 plus years sitting in prison for a crime he didn't commit gets 1 million. Sign of the times.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,500 posts)4. "YEAH BROTHER!!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN HULKAMANIA SUES YOUR ASS!!!" nt