Mr. Anderson sued the Pensacola News Journal for false light invasion of privacy, alleging the newspaper intentionally portrayed him as a murderer in the death of his wife, who was fatally shot in a hunting accident. The jury awarded Mr. Anderson $18.3 million in damages. The First District Court of Appeal, however, reversed the verdict. The 1st DCA ruled that Mr. Anderson's lawsuit was barred because he filed it after a two-year statute of limitations, which applies to traditional libel and other defamation suits.