Congratulations to Phillips Murrah Director Catherine L. Campbell on her successful appeal of a defamation jury verdict against former Oklahoma lawmaker, Wayne Pettigrew.
Catherine L. Campbell is a versatile and experienced appellate attorney whose practice is focused on commercial litigation and labor and employment matters.
A story about the verdict is featured in the March 18 edition of the Oklahoman newspaper, which states:
In the appeals court’s 2-1 decision issued last month, Vice-Chief Judge Barbara G. Swinton wrote that the trial court failed to properly instruct the jury on what kind of defenses could overcome a defamation challenge and did not provide a list of the alleged defamatory statements.
“As a consequence, there is a high probability the jury was misled by these errors and reached a different result than they would have reached but for the error,” Swinton wrote, reversing the decision.
Oklahoma’s Supreme Court declined to hear the case on appeal. It will be sent back to the lower court for another trial.
Click here to view the full article at oklahoman.com.