ORTIZ v. VALDESCASTILLA


102 A.D.2d 513 (1984)

Alvaro Ortiz, Respondent-Appellant, v. Dimarco Valdescastilla et al., Appellants-Respondents

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

July 5, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Bernius of counsel (Domenick L. Gabrielli with him on the brief; Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, attorneys), for appellants-respondents.

Jack Strauss for respondent-appellant.

MILONAS and KASSAL, JJ., concur with SULLIVAN, J.; SANDLER, J. P., dissents in part in a separate opinion.


SULLIVAN, J.

Plaintiff Alvaro Ortiz, a producer of theatrical shows for the Spanish-speaking community in the New York metropolitan area, seeks damages for an alleged libel which appeared in the entertainment column of the Sunday magazine section of El Diario-La Prensa on October 25, 1981. Named as defendants are Dimarco Valdescastilla, a free-lance author who wrote the article and sold it to El Diario...

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