After a decade of litigation and a second trial in the case, a Luzerne County judge has ruled that The Scranton Times, which owns and publishes the Citizens’ Voice newspaper, did not defame Luzerne County businessman Thomas A. Joseph Sr.
The new trial was the result of a November 2009 state Supreme Court ruling that vacated the original $3.5 million judgment awarded to Joseph by former Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. The decision to award the new trial was yet another bit of fallout from the Luzerne County judicial scandal.
