PUTKO v. MICHELL


215 A.D.2d 638 (1995)

628 N.Y.S.2d 131

Robert Putko, Appellant-Respondent, v. William J. Michell, Respondent-Appellant, et al., Respondents

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

May 22, 1995


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed and cross-appealed from, with one bill of costs to the defendants payable by the plaintiff.

The Supreme Court dismissed the plaintiff's causes of action sounding in defamation against all defendants except William Michell. The court's determination was correct.

The allegedly defamatory remarks fell within the scope of the so-called "common interest privilege" (see, Liberman v Gelstein,

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