CNN has been ordered to pay $5 million to Navy veteran Zachary Young and additional punitive damages for defamation, marking a shift in media standards and a decline in ratings.

The rare defamation trial involving a major media company could serve as a deterrent to other outlets.

Zachary Young alleged CNN defamed him in a report by chief security correspondent Alex Marquardt that said he operated in a ...

After 8 days of testimony and another 8 hours of deliberation, a local jury came back with their decision in a high-profile ...

Attorneys reached a settlement agreement on Friday in the defamation case held at the Bay County Courthouse between CNN and ...

The jury in Panama City, Florida, deliberated for more than eight hours starting Thursday before ruling in favor of Zachary Young, who blamed CNN for destroying his business by showing his face ...

A Florida jury on Friday determined that CNN defamed security contractor Zachary Young, who argued that his reputation and ...

A Florida jury found CNN defamed a security consultant in a story that suggested he was charging "exorbitant prices" to ...

CNN paid an undisclosed settlement to a U.S. Navy veteran after a Florida jury found the network defamed him on Jake Tapper's ...

The jury awarded Zachary Young $5 million in compensatory damages and found that the security contractor was also owed punitive damages. The network eventually settled with Young on the punitive ...

CNN claimed Young's organization charged $75,000 per vehicle for road evacuations from Kabul to Pakistan and $14,500 per ...