Eighth Circuit Reverses Ventura Defamation Verdict
On June 13, 2016, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a $1.8 million jury verdict in a defamation lawsuit brought by former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura against former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Kyle, now deceased, included a brief description of a bar fight with Ventura in Kyle’s bestselling memoir “American Sniper” (later made into […]