#12 (tie) - $2.5 million
Omega World Travel v. Mumma
Type of Case: Defamation
Court: U.S. District Court, Alexandria
Attorney: James P. Hodges, Leesburg
Summary: Two companies and their founder alleged that a principal in an Internet service provider had falsely labeled them as spammers on his anti-spam Web site and had posted a photo on the site depicting them in prison garb behind bars. The trial judge granted partial summary judgment before trial in ruling that there was no evidence that the plaintiffs had sent unsolicited bulk e-mail.
The judge reduced the award to $330,000, $10,000 in compensatory damages and $100,000 in punitive damages for each defendant. No appeal was taken.
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