DANIEL GOLDREYER, LTD. v. DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC.


259 A.D.2d 353 (1999)

687 N.Y.S.2d 64

DANIEL GOLDREYER, LTD., et al., Respondents, v. DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC., Doing Business as THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Appellant, et al., Defendants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided March 18, 1999.


Plaintiff is an art restorer, controversial and well-known in the profession, but not outside of it. This libel action arose as the result of his use of certain questionable techniques in the restoration of a valuable painting for a Dutch museum and the brief, droll article published by defendant Dow Jones reporting on the ensuing controversy. The alleged defamatory statements include the headline, the three mock-melodramatic lead questions, and a paragraph regarding the...

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