Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in failing to grant plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment to the extent that it sought dismissal of defendant George Irvine's fifth counterclaim for slander. To support a cause of action for slander, the particular words complained of must be set forth in the complaint (CPLR 3016 [a]). Because defendant's fifth counterclaim failed...
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