CERA v. GANNETT CO., INC.


47 A.D.2d 797 (1975)

Albert Cera et al., Appellants, v. Gannett Co., Inc., Respondent. (Appeal No. 1.)

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

March 6, 1975


Order and judgment unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Memorandum:

Special Term properly held that the plaintiffs in these actions voluntarily became "public figures" for public debate concerning chiropractic medicine. On appeal, the plaintiffs, licensed doctors of the chiropractic, correctly concede that they "thrust themselves to the forefront" of this particular public controversy by presenting their unsolicited views on a local television broadcast (...

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