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FEGGANS v. BILLINGTON

291 N.J. Super. 382 (1996)

677 A.2d 771

VINNIE M. FEGGANS, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. ALLEN BILLINGTON, MAXWELL BRICKS, KIMBERLY BURD, ROBERT BURD, NICHOLAS CARDELLA, JUDITH CHORBA, ARTHUR H. COUGHLIN, JOSEPH DECKER, LEE ESPOSITO, KARL FLESCH, CYNTHIA FORERO, PAUL FORT, JANICE HARGRAVES, DEBRA JOHNSON, THEODORE JONES, LISA KEEGAN, THOMAS KENNEDY, VINCENT MAFFEI, MATTHEW D. MAHADY, ELLEN MCCOURT, KEVIN MCSHERRY, MICHAEL PITTS, JON POPYK, FLORENCE RISCO, DEAN ROBINSON, DONALD ROONEY, JOHN SHEA, PALLAVI SHAH, THOMAS SIMKO, KARL SWANSON, MICHELE TESCHKO, GERALD WEBER, DONALD WOODRUFF AND STEVE ZIMNES, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND STATE OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick DeAlmeida, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellants (Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General, attorney; Joseph L. Yannotti, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. DeAlmeida, on the brief).

Paul D. McLemore, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. McLemore, attorney and on the brief).

Before Judges BAIME, VILLANUEVA and KIMMELMAN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by VILLANUEVA, J.A.D. (Retired and temporarily assigned on recall).

Thirty-four of forty-eight defendants appeal by leave we granted from the trial court's denial of their motion for summary judgment to dismiss defamation counts against them. We reverse.

This lawsuit arises out of events that occurred in 1991. Plaintiff Vinnie M. Feggans, an employee of the State of New Jersey

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