MOBILE, Ala. — An Alabama jury has awarded $7.5 million to an Iranian-born car dealer who sued a Florida competitor for defamation, claiming workers there portrayed him as a terrorist…
…The Press-Register reports ( http://bit.ly/vsPnKB) that the man filed suit claiming workers at Bob Tyler Toyota told customers that Esfahani is from the Middle East and was funneling money to terrorists, calling his business “Taliban Toyota.”