Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiffs contend that statements made by the respondent constitute slander per se. It is well established that words constitute slander per se if they impute the commission of a serious crime, a loathsome disease, unchaste behavior in a woman, or if they affect the plaintiff in his trade, occupation, or profession (see, Liberman v Gelstein,
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