WDM v. UNITED CREDIT CORP.


47 N.Y.2d 50 (1979)

WDM Planning, Inc., Respondent, v. United Credit Corporation, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Hutner and Robert J. Kaplan for appellant.

Gerald L. Sobol, James P. Beggans, Jr., Robert A. Cantone and Peter B. Fallon for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur with Judge GABRIELLI.


GABRIELLI, J.

The dispositive question on this appeal is whether a letter sent by defendant to certain customers of plaintiff could properly be found to be defamatory, or whether as a matter of law the letter is not defamatory. Plaintiff is an interior decorator and office space planner, and defendant is in the business of extending credit to businesses which assign to defendant their accounts receivable. Plaintiff...

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