Austria's Felix Baumgartner, left, and Col. Joe Kittinger pose for the photographers after a press conference in Salzburg, Austria , on Saturday Oct. 27, 2012. Supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner has finally come home after his death-defying, record-breaking leap from the edge of space. The Austrian former military parachutist faced reporters in his home city of Salzburg on Saturday, nearly two weeks after his plunge from a balloon to the New Mexico desert made him the first person to reach supersonic speed without traveling in a jet or spacecraft. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson
The case stems from a 2010 incident in Baumgartner's home city of Salzburg in which a motorist and a Greek truck driver got into an argument. A lower court in April found that Baumgartner took the motorist's side and hit the truck driver in the face.
Baumgartner denied having hit the truck driver but was fined €1,500 — nearly $2,000 — for bodily harm.
In explaining Tuesday's ruling Elisabeth Schmidbauer, who headed a three-judge appeals panel, said "there was no self-defense situation" on the part of Baumgartner.
Baumgartner did not attend the hearing in Salzburg. His stratospheric jump last month set a record.
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