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SHAPIRO v. HEALTH INS. PLAN

7 N.Y.2d 56 (1959)

Alfred L. Shapiro, Respondent, v. Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 25, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathias F. Correa, Corydon B. Dunham, Jr., and Gerald A. Fox for appellants.

Julius A. Itzkowitz and Samuel Kolatch for respondent.

Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE concur.

DESMOND, J.

This action for libel and slander was brought by a physician-surgeon against Health Insurance Corporation (HIP) and against Dr. Baehr, its president and medical director, and Dr. Daily who was the vice-president, deputy medical director and Medical Control Board chairman of HIP. HIP is a nonprofit membership corporation which sells medical expense indemnity insurance (see Insurance Law, art. IX-C) to...

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