11th Circuit Overturns $8.2M Libel Verdict in Roy Moore Case

An 11th Circuit panel unanimously reversed a jury’s $8.2 million verdict against Senate Majority PAC over a 2017 ad about Roy Moore, ruling the plaintiffs failed to prove the group acted with actual malice and that the ad’s use of cited articles did not clearly imply the alleged misconduct; the court noted the ad was vetted and at most any error was negligent rather than malicious, overturning libel and invasion-of-privacy findings.