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Jury: Dallas Wedding Photog Defamed, Gets $1M

A jury has ordered a Dallas couple to pay their wedding photographer $1 million for conducting a public campaign that defamed the photographer and basically destroyed her business.

A Dallas jury heard a week of evidence before deciding Friday that Neely and Andrew Moldovan made false and malicious claims against prominent portrait photographer Andrea Polito, who has photographed the weddings of professional athletes Michael Finley and Brian “The Boz” Bosworth.

Mark Curriden

Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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