A Luzerne County businessman may continue his defamation suit against a local newspaper on allegations that it falsely tied him to mob activity and a federal investigation, a common pleas judge there has ruled.
Judge Joseph Van Jura rejected a series of defense arguments seeking summary judgment, ruling that too many of the issues contained disagreements that “tellingly demonstrate that there are multiple facts material to the determination, not only of the ultimate outcome of the case, but of key legal conclusions that must be resolved by a factfinder at trial.”
