Hulk Hogan awarded $115 million in Gawker lawsuit

A Florida jury awarded Hulk Hogan $115 million in his lawsuit against Gawker. Hogan was awarded $55 million in economic damages and $60 million for emotional stress. “We’re exceptionally happy with the verdict,” Hogan’s team said in a statement. “We think it represents a statement as to the public’s disgust with the invasion of privacy disguised as journalism. The verdict says no more.” Read more at ABCNews.com.

Powell’s POV: Gawker issued a statement claiming that key witnesses were left out of the case and stated that an appeals court will need to resolve the matter. In other words, this isn’t over yet, but it’s obviously a huge win for Hogan.