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A judge has awarded $3.5 million in damages to a businessman and one of his companies in a defamation lawsuit against The Citizens' Voice, a newspaper in Wilkes-Barre.

Thomas A. Joseph asserted that he and his business interests, including Acumark Inc., were defamed by a series of articles in which the newspaper cited anonymous sources linking him to suspected illegal activity.

Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella awarded $2 million to Joseph on Friday from The Citizens' Voice, its parent companies and former Voice reporter Ed Lewis. The judge also awarded Acumark, a ...

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