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BELFAST, Northern Ireland, March 11 (UPI) -- A court in Northern Ireland overturned an award to a Belfast pizza restaurant that had been socked by a bad review from a major newspaper.
Lord Chief Justice Brian Kerr ruled that the jury that awarded the owners of pizzeria Goodfellas $50,146 had been acting on incorrect instructions from the trial judge.
The owners of Goodfellas sued The Irish News over a 2000 review that blasted not only the food at the Belfast restaurant but the staff and the atmosphere as well. The jury agreed that the critique amounted to defamation.
But The Irish News said Tuesday that Kerr ruled it would be "ludicrous" to allow libel suits every time a newspaper filed a negative review. However, Kerr also ruled that the question of malice hadn't been settled and left the door open for Goodfellas to pursue the case.
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