BURSTEIN v. GREENE


61 A.D.2d 827 (1978)

Herbert Burstein, Respondent, v. Bernard H. Greene, Individually and as a Member of The Firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, et al., Appellants

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

February 27, 1978


Order reversed, without costs or disbursements, and motion granted to the extent that the action is transferred from Nassau County to Kings County.

In view of the fact that plaintiff is the spouse of a resident Supreme Court Justice of Nassau County, we believe that the protection of the court's reputation from the slightest suspicion as to the fairness of the trial requires a change of venue of this libel action from Nassau County to Kings County. While we have no...

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