
11-29-2007, 08:44 PM
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Watson, Crick & A Twist
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Ah, the Legend of Logan Young - it's the story that keeps on giving and giving and giving ...
So, the $30 Million suit got thrown out - what about another suit, another "defamed" party.
Jury Awards $5 Million in Alabama Booster lawsuit.
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A jury awarded $5 million Thursday to a former University of Alabama football booster who claimed the NCAA defamed him when it imposed penalties on the Crimson Tide in 2002.The state court jury awarded Ray Keller $3 million in punitive damages, $1 million for mental anguish, $500,000 for economic loss and $500,000 for damage to reputation.
Keller, a timber dealer and fan the university severed ties with because of the probe, argued that the NCAA slandered and libeled him during the announcement of penalties by referring to him and others as "rogue boosters," "parasites" and "pariahs."
After the verdict, Keller hugged his lawyers, friends and family. He said beating the NCAA in court was like "taking on a giant" and winning.
"I didn't ever feel we were as big as David going with Goliath going up against them," he said.
The jury of nine women and three men deliberated less than six hours over two days to reach the verdict. Jurors declined comment afterward.
NCAA spokesman Chuck Wynn said the organization will ask the judge to set aside the verdict.
"If not," he added, "we'll appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court."
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Don't go spending those Benjamins just yet Ray.
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