POLLNOW v. POUGHKEEPSIE NEWS


107 A.D.2d 10 (1985)

William Pollnow et al., Appellants, v. Poughkeepsie Newspapers, Inc., Respondent, and Anna Bartelemucci, Appellant

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

February 4, 1985


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Wolf for appellants.

Meiselman, Farber, Stella & Eberz, P. C. (Michael Kolb and Myra I. Packman of counsel), for appellant.

Van De Water & Van De Water (Susanna E. Bedell of counsel), for respondent.

MOLLEN, P. J., BRACKEN and RUBIN, JJ., concur.


TITONE, J.

In this defamation action, predicated upon the publication of three allegedly libelous letters to the editor of the Poughkeepsie Journal, the Supreme Court, Dutchess County, granted summary judgment to the defendant newspaper and denied that branch of a cross motion by the author of the letters to dismiss the complaint against her. We conclude that the "gross[] irresponsib[ility]" standard of...

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