Legal Opinion

Mangan v. Corporate Synergies Group, Inc.

District Court, D. New Jersey

Decided August 1, 2011No. Civil No. 10-5829 (JBS/KMW)PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SIMANDLE, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Thomas L. Mangan brought this action for defamation against Defendants Corporate Synergies Group (“CSG”) and Pantellis A. Georgiadis. Presently this matter is before the Court on Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiffs defamation claim in Count III of the Amended Complaint for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), Fed.R.Civ.P. [Docket Item 14]. As will be explained below, the Court will deny the motion in part because the Court finds that Plaintiff has stated a prima facie case for defamation with regard to certain of…

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