The New Jersey Supreme Court took a rare mulligan Monday after finding that its recent ruling on punitive damages in defamation cases was at loggerheads with a state statute.
The court, without comment, corrected the opinion it had issued five days earlier in W.J.A. v. D.A., A-77-10, in which it held that plaintiffs could pursue defamation claims without having to prove actual harm to their reputations.
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