Newspaper defamed school principal and his son, jury finds – $3,000,000 Verdict 
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Published: June 11, 2012
Tags: Chesapeake Circuit Court, Defamation, Judge Randall D. Smith, Million-Dollar Verdicts
On Dec. 18, 2009, The Virginian-Pilot published a news article, authored by Louis Hansen, about Phillip Webb, a public school assistant principal, and his son, a student in the same school system. Plaintiff alleged the defendant newspaper falsely implied that he had improperly used his position to obtain preferential treatment for his student son.
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