W.J.A. v. D.A., A-0762-09T3; Appellate Division; opinion by Sapp-Peterson, J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication September 27, 2010. Before Judges Axelrad, Fisher and Sapp-Peterson. On appeal from the Law Division, Atlantic County, L-1026-07. [Sat below: Judge Perskie.] DDS No. 36-2-9546 [15 pp.]
Defendant created a website that allegedly contained statements by defendant that plaintiff molested him when he was a minor. The motion judge concluded that although the Internet postings were defamatory per se, the statements were akin to libel rather than slander, and, as such, plaintiff was required to prove actual injury to reputation, which plaintiff admittedly had not done.
