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VASSALLO v. BELL

221 N.J. Super. 347 (1987)

534 A.2d 724

FRED VASSALLO, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. WESLEY K. BELL, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGimpsey & Cafferty, attorneys for appellant (A.F. McGimpsey Jr. and Thomas J. Cafferty, on the brief).

Hogan & Palace, attorneys for respondent (Michael R. Scully on the brief).

Before Judges PETRELLA, BAIME and ASHBEY.

The opinion of the court was delivered by PETRELLA, P.J.A.D.

This appeal involves the somewhat murky and expanding law of defamation and implicates concepts involving public figures, matters of public concern and the applicability of the "actual malice" standard. A jury awarded a verdict of $7,000 in compensatory damages and $45,000 in punitive damages in favor of plaintiff Fred Vassallo in his defamation suit against defendant Wesley K. Bell. Defendant appeals on...

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