Litigation
Jun. 23, 2012
Appellate court vacates massive libel award, removes judge
Ruling that the trial judge may not undertake a rehearing with "total objectivity," an appellate court has vacated a $55 million libel judgment against the co-founder of Guess? Inc. and ordered the case sent to a different jurist.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Ruling that the original trial judge may not undertake a rehearing with "total objectivity," an appellate court has vacated a $55 million libel judgment against the co-founder of Guess Inc. and ordered the case sent to a different jurist.
In a unanimous unpublished decision Wednesday, the 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 3 reversed the 2009 judgment of Los Angeles County ...
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