PROZERALIK v. CAPITAL CITIES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.


222 A.D.2d 1020 (1995)

635 N.Y.S.2d 913

John Prozeralik, Respondent, v. Capital Cities Communications, Inc., Appellant

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

December 22, 1995


Judgment modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Plaintiff met his burden of proving, with evidence of convincing clarity, that defendant made false statements concerning him "with `actual malice' — that is, knowing they were false or subjectively entertaining serious doubt as to their truth" (Mahoney v Adirondack Publ. Co., 71 N.Y.2d 31, 35-36; see,

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