COAN v. ESTATE OF HARRY CHAPIN


156 A.D.2d 318 (1989)

Peter M. Coan, Respondent, v. Estate of Harry Chapin et al., Appellants, et al., Defendant

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

December 28, 1989


This action seeks damages for defendants' alleged tortious interference with an agreement between plaintiff and Perigree Books, a division of Putnam Publishing Group, for the publication of the former's biography of the late singer-songwriter Harry Chapin. In that connection, Perigree, which initially indicated its satisfaction with the manuscript submitted by plaintiff, decided against publishing the book after it was threatened with a lawsuit by defendants, representatives...

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