Czura v. Siegel

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BROCHIN, J.A.D.

This defamation action was dismissed with prejudice by an order for summary judgment in defendants’ favor that was filed April 27, 1995. By a notice of motion filed December 11, 1995, defendants moved “for an order awarding counsel fees and costs pursuant to N.J.SA. 2A:15-59.1, the New Jersey Frivolous Claims Act.” After oral argument of the motion, the motion judge stated:

It is clear to this Court by reading the [allegedly defamatory] article as written on September 23rd, 1994 [that] someone trained in the law would recognize that that…