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ABA Journal Top Stories: Top Pa. Court Axes $3.5M Libel Verdict Due to ‘Judicial Impropriety’
How Appealing: "Supreme Court orders new trial in CV defamation case"
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Top Pa. Court Axes $3.5M Libel Verdict Due to ‘Judicial Impropriety’
ABA Journal Top Stories —
... compromised positions as jurists" is exacerbated, the supreme court says, by the subject matter of the newspaper coverage at issue in the libel suit. It concerned, as the court puts it, "reporting on the undisputed fact of a federal criminal investigation into D'Elia's and [plaintiff Thomas] Joseph's alleged ties to organized crime activities, an investigation which included search warrants for Joseph's home and businesses." Joseph was never charged in the federal probe, notes the Associated Press . The Scranton Times is the parent company of the Citizens' Voice and was also a ...
"Supreme Court orders new trial in CV defamation case"
How Appealing —
"Supreme Court orders new trial in CV defamation case": The Citizens' Voice of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania has a news update that begins, "The state Supreme Court ordered a new trial today in $3.5 million defamation verdict against The Citizens' Voice that the newspaper's attorneys allege was possibly fixed in a conspiracy between a Luzerne County judge and a convicted mobster."
And The Associated Press reports that "NE Pa. paper wins new trial in defamation case."
You can access today's order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this ...
