Dairy Stores, Inc. v. Sentinel Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
*129POLLOCK, J.
This appeal requires that we declare the standard of liability of a newspaper, its reporter, and an independent laboratory retained by them for statements that allegedly defamed the plaintiff corporation’s reputation and disparaged its product. Relying on the first amendment to the United States Constitution, the Law Division granted summary judgment for the defendants, finding that they had not published the statements with reckless disregard for their truth. 191 N.J.Super. 202 (1983). The Appellate Division affirmed. 198 N.J.Super. 19…
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