WEST v. MEDIA GENERAL OPERATIONS, INC.

No. 1:00-CV-184.

250 F.Supp.2d 923 (2002)

Charmaine WEST and First Alternative Probation and Counseling, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. MEDIA GENERAL OPERATIONS, INC., and Media General Operations, Inc. d/b/a WDEF-TV 12, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Tennessee, at Chattanooga.

March 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita B. Hardeman, Harry F. Burnette, Burnette, Dobson & Hardeman, Chattanooga, TN, for plaintiffs.

Robert E. Coopper, Jr., Samuel L. Felker, Donald L. Zachary, Alison S. Fowler, Rebecca S. Kell, Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, TN, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

EDGAR, Chief Judge.

I.

Defendant's Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law [Court File No. 165]

This case is now before the Court on defendant Media General's post-trial motion [Court File No. 165] for judgment as a matter of law made pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 50(b). In this defamation case, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff Charmaine West ("West") in the sum of $190,000, and in favor of plaintiff...

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