FRIENDS OF ANIMALS v. FUR MFRS.


61 A.D.2d 141 (1978)

Friends of Animals, Inc., Appellant, v. Associated Fur Manufacturers, Inc., et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants

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

January 17, 1978


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Schreiberg for appellant.

Harold I. Cammer of counsel (Cammer & Shapiro, P. C., attorneys for Furriers Joint Council of New York and another and Charles Goldberg, attorney for Associated Fur Manufacturers, Inc., and others, for respondents.

MURPHY, P. J., and SILVERMAN, J., concur with LUPIANO, J.; LYNCH, J., dissents in an opinion.


LUPIANO, J.

The complaint herein alleges one cause of action against all the defendants for conspiracy to defame plaintiff by publication of a false statement, i.e., by libel, in retaliation for plaintiff's campaign to persuade people not to buy fur coats and, in particular, seal coats. The basis for the libel is an oral statement allegedly given by the individual defendants...

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