NEW YORK - Major league umpire Joe West was awarded $500,000 in damages plus interest dating to July 8 in a defamation suit against former All-Star catcher Paul Lo Duca. New York Supreme Court Justice John J. Kelley issued his decision Monday in a lawsuit West filed in October 2019 against Lo Duca and The Action Network. The network was dismissed from the suit last July, when Kelley granted a motion by West for a default judgment against Lo Duca. West’s suit said Lo Duca was ejected eight times in his career and only once by West. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

Source: thestar April 13, 2021 03:45 UTC