SPRECHER v. DOW JONES & CO., INC.


88 A.D.2d 550 (1982)

Benjamin G. Sprecher et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. Dow Jones and Company, Inc., et al., Appellants-Respondents

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

May 20, 1982


The instant action was instituted by plaintiffs, who are both attorneys, to recover compensatory and punitive damages for alleged injuries to their personal and business reputations arising out of the publication of two articles on November 4, 1977 and January 7, 1980. These articles appeared in the Wall Street Journal, which is owned by defendant Dow Jones and Company, and were written by defendant Burt Schorr, who is a reporter with the newspaper. The stories concerned...

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