JOE OBI OKEKE v. CHINEDU SANI ANEKWE (L-2338-18, UNION COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)
Case Details
- Status
- Unpublished
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
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Outcome
The appellate court affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the defamation action in part but reversed and remanded on the issue of the applicable legal standard. The court found that the trial judge erroneously applied the actual-malice standard rather than the ordinary negligence standard for statements of private concern involving private parties.
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