GREENBERG v. CBS


69 A.D.2d 693 (1979)

Joseph Greenberg, Respondent-Appellant, v. CBS Inc., et al., Appellants-Respondents

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

August 6, 1979


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coudert Brothers (John M. Keene, III, Carleton G. Eldridge, Jr., Eugene L. Girden and Ronald E. Guttman of counsel), for appellants-respondents.

Weinstein & Weinstein (Jonathan A. Weinstein of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

HOPKINS, J. P., DAMIANI and MARTUSCELLO, JJ., concur.


TITONE, J.

On November 7, 1976 the defendant-appellant CBS Inc. (CBS) telecast a show entitled "60 Minutes", which was estimated to have been viewed by 24 million people. A portion of the program dealing with amphetamine abuse, entitled "Over the Speed Limit", had been created and produced by defendant-appellant Grace Diekhaus. Defendant-appellant Mike Wallace served as the correspondent for this segment of the...

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