KELLEHER v. CORINTHIAN MEDIA, INC.


208 A.D.2d 477 (1994)

617 N.Y.S.2d 726

Kathleen Kelleher, Respondent-Appellant, v. Corinthian Media, Inc., et al., Appellants-Respondents

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

October 27, 1994


Plaintiff has stated a valid claim for defamation per se in alleging that defendants falsely stated to her former clients that defendants' failure to return credits to those clients was the result of plaintiff's "incompetence". The statement at issue did not merely constitute an employer's evaluation of an employee's work performance, but tended to disparage plaintiff in her profession (see, Matherson v Marchello, 100 A.D.2d 233

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