LAWRENCE v. BAUER PUBLISHING & PRINTING LTD.


143 N.J. Super. 387 (1976)

363 A.2d 357

ALONZO W. LAWRENCE AND JAMES SIMPSON, PLAINTIFFS, v. BAUER PUBLISHING & PRINTING LTD., A CORPORATION, KURT CHRISTOPHER BAUER, JEFFREY LANCE BAUER, PATSY BONTEMPO, "JOHN DOE" AND JOSEPH HARTNETT, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided July 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James B. Flynn for plaintiffs (Messrs. Williams & Flynn, attorneys).

Mr. J. Roger Conant for defendant Bauer Publishing & Printing Ltd., Kurt Christopher Bauer, Jeffrey Lance Bauer and Patsy Bontempo (Messrs. Conant & McCreedy, attorneys).

Mr. Alan J. Karcher for defendant Joseph Hartnett (Messrs. Karcher, Reavey & Karcher, attorneys).


BRODY, J.J.D.R.C., Temporarily Assigned.

Plaintiffs commenced this libel action against a newspaper and some of its employees within the one-year limitations period. N.J.S.A. 2A:14-3. After the period they commenced an action against Joseph Hartnett by filing an amendment to the original complaint. Hartnett now moves for summary judgment based on the bar of the statute. Plaintiffs claim the benefit of the "discovery...

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