Judge dismisses defamation lawsuit against Austin Bulldog
FOIFT2015-01-08T19:08:37-06:00By Marty Toohey Austin American-Statesman Originally published Jan. 7, 2015 An Austin court has dismissed City Council Member Don Zimmerman’s campaign-season defamation lawsuit against the Austin Bulldog, an investigative reporting website. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum ruled Wednesday that Zimmerman must pay the Bulldog $8,400 in attorney’s fees, plus $579 in court costs and other expenses and a $1,000 sanction for filing a frivolous suit, according to Bulldog attorneys. Peter D. Kennedy of the law firm Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody represented the Bulldog. The dispute arose from the Bulldog’s reporting on court records of a custody dispute over Zimmerman’s daughter. [...]