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SCHWARTZ v. WORRALL PUBLICATIONS

258 N.J. Super. 493 (1992)

610 A.2d 425

LAWRENCE S. SCHWARTZ AND SCHWARTZ, PISANO, SIMON, EDELSTEIN & BEN ASHER, A PARTNERSHIP, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. WORRALL PUBLICATIONS, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION; CHRIS GATTO AND JOHN DOE (A FICTITIOUS NAME REPRESENTING A PARTY OR PARTIES UNKNOWN), DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 22, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.F. McGimpsey, Jr., argued the cause for appellant Worrall Publications, Inc. (McGimpsey & Cafferty, attorneys, Thomas J. Cafferty and Arlene M. Turinchak on the brief).

Stephen J. Edelstein argued the cause for respondents (Schwartz, Simon & Edelstein, attorneys, Stephen J. Edelstein and David C. Bendush on the brief).

Before Judges R.S. COHEN and KESTIN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by R.S. COHEN, J.A.D.

This is a defamation case. On leave granted, defendant Worrall Publications, Inc., appeals the denial of its motion for summary judgment. We reverse.

Worrall publishes the Belleville Post (Post), a free weekly newspaper. Plaintiff Lawrence Schwartz is an attorney who represented the New Jersey School Boards Association (Association) when it came under the scrutiny of the State Commission...

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