Did Mayor Try to Quiet Critic? ; Lawyers Debate Malicious Intent at Start of Suarez Trial
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › March 13, 2009
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Ridgefield Mayor Anthony Suarez filed a defamation lawsuit that cost resident Michael Mecca $103,000 to defend in order to "impose a degree of pain" on a political enemy, Mecca's lawyer argued in court on Monday.
Eric Harrison, the lawyer who is defending Suarez in a lawsuit that claims the 2005 defamation action was malicious, countered that the mayor was trying to stop Mecca from spreading a false story on an Internet forum.See the full content of this document
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Did Mayor Try to Quiet Critic? ; Lawyers Debate Malicious Intent at Start of Suarez Trial
"It's about somebody being called out on a lie," Harrison told a state Superior Court jury in Hackensack.
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