LIEBOWITZ v. PATTERSON


143 A.D.2d 115 (1988)

Laurence B. Liebowitz et al., Plaintiffs, and Lillian R. Villanova, Appellant, v. Joan Patterson, Respondent

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

August 8, 1988


Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, with costs.

In the course of a matrimonial action involving, inter alia, a demand for child support, the respondent made certain assertions in a reply affidavit about her husband's financial status and his dealings with his law partners. Subsequently, those law partners commenced the instant action, alleging, in a verified complaint, that these written statements were in fact defamatory. During the subsequent extensive...

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