Newspaper liable for printing wrong photo in Whitewater trial

Article Abstract:

The Arkansas Supreme Court in Little Rock Newspapers, Inc. v. Fitzhugh upheld a state circuit court jury award of $50,000 to a man whose photo incorrectly appeared in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in a story about the Whitewater trial. Former US Attorney J. Michael Fitzhugh's photograph was printed instead of Eugene Fitzhugh's. The Democrat-Gazette argued J. Michael Fitzhugh was a public figure, would have to prove the newspaper acted deliberately or recklessly, and the text of the story was factually correct. The state circuit court and Arkansas Supreme Court ruled J. Michael Fitzhugh was a private person for purpose of trial and need only prove negligence.

Arkansas, Newspapers, Negligence, Corrections (Periodicals)

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'Butt licking' title not an allegation of fact

Article Abstract:

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled in Yeagle v. Collegiate Times that a college administrator could not bring a libel suit against a student newspaper because it referred to her as "Director of Butt Licking." The ruling held that the reference did not have a literal meaning and thus could not be taken as an allegation of fact about the administrator.

Virginia, Student newspapers and periodicals, School newspapers

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