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Rapacchiano v. Visceglia [1]

Submitted by DMLP Staff on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 11:29

Summary

Threat Type: 

Lawsuit

Date: 

01/08/2007

Status: 

Concluded

Disposition: 

Default Judgment
Settled (total)

Location: 

New Jersey

Verdict or Settlement Amount: 

N/A

Legal Claims: 

Breach of Contract
Defamation
Patrick Rapacchiano sued Anthony and Felice Visceglia for defamation for publishing critical statements about him on Mr. Visceglia's MySpace page and in an online forum. Rapacchiano sued in New Jersey state court, and the Visceglias failed to answer. The court appears to... read full description
Parties

Party Receiving Legal Threat: 

Anthony Visceglia; Felice A. Visceglia

Type of Party: 

Individual

Type of Party: 

Individual

Location of Party: 

  • New Jersey

Location of Party: 

  • New Jersey

Legal Counsel: 

David A. Avedissian (originally filed complaint); Jason S. Lomax (concluded case)

Legal Counsel: 

Pro se
Description

Patrick Rapacchiano sued Anthony and Felice Visceglia for defamation for publishing critical statements about him on Mr. Visceglia's MySpace page and in an online forum. Rapacchiano sued in New Jersey state court, and the Visceglias failed to answer. The court appears to have entered a default judgment against them, but the amount of the judgment is not clear from the record.

After the plaintiff obtained a garnishment order for the defendant's wages, the parties settled.

Related Links: 

  • CivilLaw62 Blog: HTML Version of the Complaint [2]
  • DangerZone44: Alternate HTML Version of the Complaint [3]
  • Jartam6619: Update - Anthony Visceglia Lawsuit [4]
Details

Web Site(s) Involved: 

MySpace [5] (log-in page only)

TheLaw.com [6]

Content Type: 

  • Text

Publication Medium: 

Forum
Social Network

Subject Area: 

  • Defamation
Court Information & Documents

Jurisdiction: 

  • New Jersey

Source of Law: 

  • New Jersey

Court Name: 

Superior Court, Camden County, New Jersey

Court Type: 

State

Case Number: 

L-000-238-07

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Links
[1] https://www.dmlp.org/threats/rapacchiano-v-visceglia
[2] http://civillaw62.blog.com/2197167/
[3] http://dangerzone44.blogstream.com/v1/pid/252646_Anthony-Visceglia-defendant-Lawsuit-Defamation-Breach-of-Contract-L-000-238-07-Default-Judgment-entered-2-28-07-Writ-of-Execution-Issued-Served-by-Camden-County-Sheriff-Dept.html#TP
[4] http://courtjustice.blogstream.com/v1/pid/256176.html
[5] http://www.myspace.com/
[6] http://www.thelaw.com/forums/