Lane bajardi biography

A 1010 WINS news anchor and his wife must pay $225,000 in legal fees for their failed New Jersey defamation case against their blogging Hoboken neighbors, the trial judge has ruled.

Lane Bajardi and his wife, freelance broadcast journalist Kim Cardinal, were slammed with the hefty penalty on Wednesday, along with some harsh words by Hudson Court Superior Court Judge Patrick Arre.

In suing two local bloggers for defamation, the couple utterly failed to prove any damage to either reputation or livelihood, the judge said in a written decision.

“The Court finds Plaintiffs must reimburse Defendants for the litigation costs of suing first and thinking later,” the judge wrote.

Throughout the case, the Bajardis misrepresented facts to their own lawyers and the court, the judge wrote, adding, “Plaintiffs’ conduct throughout this case at a minimum demonstrates bad faith, and approaches a frau