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$45 Million Libel Claim Against North Sea Day Camp Opponents Dismissed As SLAPP Lawsuit

Publication: The Southampton Press
By Shaye Weaver   Jul 9, 2012 6:12 PM
Jul 11, 2012 11:29 AM
Members of the Little Fresh Pond Association are celebrating what they see as another victory in a long struggle against a proposed day camp project in North Sea.

A State Supreme Court justice last week dismissed a $45 million libel lawsuit filed against John Gorman and John Barona, both members of the Little Fresh Pond Association. The association opposed camp owner Jay Jacobs and his application in 2011, via Southampton Day Camp Realty LLC, to renovate and expand a tennis camp on Majors Path into a summer camp for kids.

Mr. Jacobs and his corporation had sued the two North Sea residents after they were listed as contacts on a flier that said, among other things, that Mr. Jacobs and his proposal would “destroy our way of life,” and that he was... more

Preordained. Too bad that the judge declined to levy punitive damages against the egregiously presumptuous Mr. Jacobs but at least he will have to pay the respondents' court costs.

And a wise move by the NYS Democratic Committee to dismiss Mr. Jacobs from his position as state chairman (reported here some months ago on the back pages.) While his odor lingers, at least the Committee finally realized that someone with his scruples was a deplorable figurehead.
By highhatsize (1530), East Quogue on Jul 10, 12 2:13 AM
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