Surfer magazine wins libel suit
A surfer claiming that a magazine article falsely portrayed him as a destitute, drug-using social outcast was unable to cash in on his lawsuit. A U.S. District Court jury found that there were no false statements in the article. -DB Pacific Business News (Honolulu) March 5, 2009 By Linda Chiem A federal court jury in Honolulu decided Thursday that a magazine profile of North Shore surfboard shaper Craig Elmer “Owl” Chapman was not libelous. It