Not a Close Call: Umpire Hits Home Run With a Seldom-Used Defamation Damages Theory
By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21
“Cowboy” Joe West is the best-known, longest-serving, and (to some) most reviled umpire currently active in Major League Baseball. For example, in 2010 he was named the second-worst MLB umpire, barely losing to CB Bucknor in a call at the plate that today could only be decided by the replay umpires in New York. At least he has his part-time country music career to fall back on. But West recently hit a home run in court, winning a $500,000 defamation verdict against a former player who accused...
By: Epstein Becker & Green