Friday, May 17, 2013
Libel Judgment Entered Against NorCo Council Candidate Tricia Mezzacappa
A default judgment has been entered against Northampton and West Easton Borough Council candidate Tricia Mezzacappa in my defamation lawsuit against her. Attorney Rick Orloski filed it yesterday after a judge had declared she is in default for failure to answer a complaint. She has also ignored all discovery requests, including a scheduled videotape deposition. Now that liability has been determined, damages can now be assessed.
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What does all of this mean? Because she is claiming it is no big thing and that the summary judgment against her got thrown out of court by Judge Beltrami. Is someone lying here?
What this means is pretty much what I have written. Judge Beltrami noted he did not have to enter default judgment against her, and that Attorney Orloski could file the judgment himself. That is what he has done.
Let's have a big fuckin party with all the money you can squeeze out of that evil witch!
Bernie,
Congratulations on the victory. Tricia Mezzacappa's hubris has cost her. She should have gotten a real lawyer to represent her. This case probably could have been settled with an apology and the removal of the offensive blog postings. Be that as it may, will you and Rick Orloski be seeking a speedy trial on damages?
Yes.
Under the Rules of Civil Procedure, if a defendant (Mezzacappa) receives all the required notices and fails to answer a lawsuit it is considered a loss by default. The rules permit the plaintiff (O'Hare) to file a request with the Prothonotary to enter a default judgment against the defendant. In this case, Judge Beltrami apparently acknowledged the default but deferred to the authority granted to the Prothonotary by the rules.
Now it is time to put the screws to her until she gives up the name of the "Blog Mentor." Make her squeal like the little piggie she is!
If you call yourself a bottom feeder can you recover damages to your "reputation"?
Yes.
Just as Mr. Gregory will collect on your damages to his 'reputation".
Bernie... good luck in getting her to pay one nickel to you or Orloski. Civil judgements and awards don't mean much anyway if the person doesn't have much or anything to lose anyway.
Can't she just petition to open the default judgment?
Congratulations Bernie, this has been a long time coming TM has been terrorizing our little borough for over a decade and perhaps this public shaming will quell the tempest that she is.
To her, this is all a game.
"Bernie... good luck in getting her to pay one nickel to you or Orloski. Civil judgements and awards don't mean much anyway if the person doesn't have much or anything to lose anyway."
She owns a house. Value is probably $75,000, more or less. Judgment becomes a lien. She may lose it.
Bernie, congratulations. Demand the pig. Mitman's in Bushkill Township will smoke it for you. Bacon, chops, fat back. Delicious.
She won't lose her house numbnuts.
She may have an attachment against her trust fund, too.
$$$
Just need a name for the beloved Blog Mentor. It is simple, everyone knows it.
"She won't lose her house numbnuts."
"Numbnuts" is a favorite insult of Tricia Mezzacappa so I suspect 1:13 PM is the defendant herself. The bold predictions of Tricia and her enablers that the defamation case would be laughed out of court proved to be wrong. Judge Smith and Judge Beltrami weren't laughing. Losing the house is a distinct possibility.
It is time for her, her groupie friends, and her "Blog Mentor" to begin spamming this blog to deflect the message being put forth. But that won't happen, because she is too busy trying to get elected. And the Blog Mentor is busy rolling on the floor and foaming at the mouth realizing that the next mayor of A-Town and their council are going to be a people that he tried to destroy through his blog.
See he blog is good for something. It is a King Maker.
How's that effort to get a new DA in Lehigh County going for you?
The judgment on liability does constitute a lien and will show if she attempts to refinance or sell her home. Moreover, the damages that are assessed will relate back in time to the entry of the judgnent taht was filed this week.
Mr. O'Hare,
Check out the Mezzacappa blog. Apparently she filed after-the-fact preliminary objections yesterday. I know judges give pro se litigants some leeway, but she seems to be playing games with the Court in your case just as she played games with the Sheriff on her gun license application. I suggest you get your case on the trial list ASAP.
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