US EditionGolf legend Jack Nicklaus wins $50M verdict in defamation lawsuit against former business partners
- A Palm Beach County jury on Oct. 20 awarded Jack Nicklaus, the 85-year-old golf legend, $50 million after finding Nicklaus Companies published false facts that caused `ridicule, hatred, mistrust, distrust or contempt.`
- After earlier New York filings, Nicklaus filed the defamation suit responding to claims by Howard Milstein and Nicklaus Companies executives that he considered a $750 million LIV Golf deal and questioned his mental fitness after his 2017 noncompete.
- Attorneys for both sides presented closing arguments Oct. 20, jurors deliberated about four-and-a-half hours before returning the verdict, and a six-person panel cleared Howard Milstein and Andrew O'Brien of individual liability.
- The verdict effectively ends a two-year feud between Nicklaus and former partners Milstein and O'Brien, and Nicklaus embraced family while directing questions to attorney Eugene Stearns; defendants did not immediately comment.
- An April ruling by New York Civil Division Supreme Court Justice Joel M. Cohen affirmed Nicklaus' name rights, and a Florida arbitrator freed him from the noncompete, capping a long dispute over design and business control.
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Golf legend Jack Nicklaus wins $50m verdict in defamation lawsuit
A six-person jury in Palm Beach County found Monday that the Nicklaus Companies had damaged the 18-time major champion’s reputation and exposed him to ridicule, hatred, mistrust, distrust or contempt According to the lawsuit, Nicklaus, 85, claimed Milstein, O’Brien and others at the company spread false stories that Nicklaus considered a $750 million deal to join the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf League and that he was suffering from dementia
Victory on the Green: Jack Nicklaus Wins $50 Million Verdict
Victory on the Green: Jack Nicklaus Wins $50 Million Verdict Golf legend Jack Nicklaus has emerged victorious in a $50 million defamation lawsuit against his former business partners at Nicklaus Companies, as decided by a six-member jury in Palm Beach County. The verdict found that Nicklaus Companies had caused significant damage to the iconic golfer's reputation.The allegations centered around false stories circulated by the company, suggesting…
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Golf legend Jack Nicklaus wins $50M verdict in defamation lawsuit against former business partners
Professional golf legend Jack Nicklaus has won a $50 million verdict in a defamation lawsuit filed in Florida against his former business partners.
Jack Nicklaus Wins Ginormous Defamation Lawsuit Involving LIV Golf And His Own Former Company
Jack Nicklaus was awarded $50 million in his defamation lawsuit against one of his former companies after he accused it and two of its executives of spreading rumors about him considering a move to join LIV Golf.According to the Palm Beach Post, a Palm Beach County jury reached the verdict after finding that Nicklaus' reputation was damaged and that the 18-time major champion was exposed to "ridicule, hatred, mistrust, distrust or contempt" over…
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