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· 5/27/1994

Cappello v. Scott

Citations

  • 644 A.2d 102
  • 274 N.J. Super. 282

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that absolute privilege did not apply even though the attorney apparently related a fair account of the complaint to the newspaper
  • finding that it is premature to decide application of a qualified privilege prior to completion of discovery
  • applying qualified privilege under New Jersey law to press release concerning the litigation
  • “no action will lie [for such a qualifiedly privileged statement] except on proof of malice in making it”

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Judges: Judges Brody, Stern and Keefe

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