![]() On March 31, 1988, appellees Michael and Ian Braun filed this diversity action against appellants in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, seeking damages for the wrongful death of their father. Braun managed to roll out of the car, but Doutre walked over to Braun and killed him by firing two more shots into the back of his head as Braun lay on the ground. The shots hit Michael in the thigh and wounded Braun as well. As Braun and his sixteen year-old son Michael were driving down the driveway, Doutre stepped in front of Braun's car and fired several shots into the car with a MAC 11 automatic pistol. On August 26, 1985, Savage, Moore, and another individual, Sean Trevor Doutre, went to Braun's suburban Atlanta home. ![]() Responding to Savage's SOF ad, Gastwirth and Moore contacted him in August 1985 to discuss plans to murder Braun. Gastwirth enlisted the aid of another business associate, John Horton Moore, and together they arranged for at least three attempts on Braun's life, all of which were unsuccessful. In late 1984 or early 1985, Bruce Gastwirth began seeking to murder his business partner, Richard Braun. The ad also generated at least one legitimate job as a bodyguard, which Savage accepted. Nonetheless, Savage stated that the overwhelming majority of the 30 to 40 phone calls a week he received in response to his ad sought his participation in criminal activity such as murder, assault, and kidnapping. Savage testified that, when he placed the ad, he had no intention of obtaining anything but legitimate jobs. 2, Box 682 Village Loop Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Body guard, courier, and other special skills. GUN FOR HIRE: 37 year old professional mercenary desires jobs. After several conversations between Savage and SOF's advertising manager, Joan Steel, the following advertisement ran in the June 1985 through March 1986 issues of SOF: ![]() In January 1985, Michael Savage submitted a personal service advertisement to SOF. ![]() We affirm the judgment entered on the jury's verdict. The jury found that SOF acted with negligence and malice in publishing a personal service advertisement through which plaintiffs' father's business partner hired an assassin to kill him. Soldier of Fortune Magazine, Inc., and its parent, Omega Group, Ltd., (hereinafter collectively referred to as "SOF") appeal a $4,375,000 jury verdict against them in a consolidated tort action brought by Michael and Ian Braun, the sons of a murder victim. Cason, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees.Īppeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.īefore ANDERSON and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH *, Senior Circuit Judge. Lee Bentley, III, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. Bailey, Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, Pa., Montgomery, Ala., E. BRAUN and Ian Braun, Plaintiffs-Appellees,ĭefendants-Appellants. ![]()
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