">Former judge fails to avoid defamation judgment 
Mar 5th, 2012 by Peter Vieth
Former Newport News Circuit Judge Verbena Askew struck out at the Supreme Court with a two-pronged effort to undo a $350,000 defamation judgment against her.
Askew was found liable for telling newspaper reporters a former court staffer had been "institutionalized."
Askew argued that - since the newspaper never reported her comments - there were ...
