Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms Huge Award Against
April 11, 2013
By Gregory M. Gotwald, PSRB Partner
The Indiana Court of Appeals today affirmed what it says is one of the
largest defamation awards in U.S. history. The court says in its decision
in State Farm Fire & Casualty Company v. Joseph Martin Radcliff and
Coastal Property Management LLC, a/k/a CPM Construction of Indiana that
State Farm should pay damages of $14.5 million to Joseph Radcliff and his
company Coastal Property Management LLC after finding the in