Calling a politician a mobster is defensible if you believe it to be true, or if it's such obvious hyperbole that no one else would believe it to be true, the NJ Supreme Court ruled last week. That means state Sen. John Lynch's libel suit against the New Jersey Education Association is dismissed. But the Court allowed Lynch, a public figure, to pursue his libel claim against the group's consultant who knew the published statement: "This Is No Lie: John Lynch is Connected to the Underworld," to be false.
August 02, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Calling a politician a mobster is defensible if you believeit to be true, or if it’s such obvious hyperbole that no one elsewould believe it to be true, the state Supreme Court ruled onTuesday.
That means state Sen. John Lynch’s libel suit against theNew Jersey Education Association is dismissed, since Lynch, apublic figure, can’t show that the union published certainstatements in 1991 campaign fliers with knowledge of theirfalsity or with reckless disregard for the truth.
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