€900,000 damages award against Sunday World newspaper overturned

A €900,000 damages award made by a High Court jury against a newspaper which described a man as a drug dealer has today been overturned by the Court of Appeal on grounds of a "perverse" jury finding the man was not a drug dealer.

€900,000 damages award against Sunday World newspaper overturned

A €900,000 damages award made by a High Court jury against a newspaper which described a man as a drug dealer has today been overturned by the Court of Appeal on grounds of a "perverse" jury finding the man was not a drug dealer.

The three-judge court unanimously overturned the 2008 award to Martin McDonagh.

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