McNALLY v. YARNALL

No. 90 Civ. 3076 (RWS).

764 F.Supp. 853 (1991)

Sean M. McNALLY and Janet McNally, Plaintiffs, v. James YARNALL and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stryker, Tams & Dill, New York City, for plaintiffs; Burtis W. Horner, Christopher W. Hyde and Scott B. Stolbach, of counsel.

Lord Day & Lord, Barrett Smith, New York City, for defendant The Metropolitan Museum of Art; John J. Loflin and M. Breeze McMennamin, of counsel.

Berger Steingut Tarnoff & Stern, New York City, for Defendant James Yarnall; Theodore S. Steingut, Peter R. Stern and Jonathan A. Olsoff, of counsel.


OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Sean and Janet McNally (the "McNallys" or "McNally") have moved pursuant to Rule 15(a) Fed.R.Civ.P. for leave to amend their complaint in their defamation action against James Yarnall ("Yarnall") to include as a defendant Yarnall's lawyer Peter R. Stern ("Stern"), and the law firm of Berger & Steingut, based on certain allegedly libelous statements made by Stern. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is...

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