Student says paper defamed him with bullying allegation – $5,000,000 Verdict 
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Published: February 21, 2011
Tags: Chesapeake Circuit Court, Defamation, Judge Randall D. Smith
A newspaper article about an assault case falsely stated that a high school athlete routinely bullied another student at Great Bridge High School.
The article reported accurately that the plaintiff had been convicted of assaulting the father of the student who said he had been bullied, and that the plaintiff’s brother had been convicted of ...
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