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GROSS v. NEW YORK TIMES CO.

82 N.Y.2d 146 (1993)

623 N.E.2d 1163

603 N.Y.S.2d 813

Elliot M. Gross, Appellant, v. New York Times Company et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 21, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent, Sheinfeld & Sorkin, New York City (Howard M. Squadron and Steven G. Mintz of counsel), and Segan, Culhane, Nemerov & Singer, P. C. (Leon Segan of counsel), for appellant.

Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York City (Floyd Abrams and Dean Ringel of counsel), George Freeman, Adam Liptak and Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Kurz (Steven Lieberman of counsel, of the District of Columbia Bar, admitted pro hac vice), for The New York Times Company and others, respondents.

Golden & Mandel, New York City (Philip Mandel of counsel), for Theodore Ehrenreich, respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur; Judges SMITH and LEVINE taking no part.

TITONE, J.

This dispute has its origin in a series of investigative reports published by defendant New York Times between January of 1985 and February of 1986. The articles in question charged plaintiff, the former Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York, with having mishandled several high profile cases and having used his authority to protect police officers and other city officials from suspicion after...

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