HUGGINS v. MOORE


253 A.D.2d 297 (1999)

689 N.Y.S.2d 21

Charles Huggins, Appellant, v. Melba Moore, Defendant, and Daily News, L.P., et al., Respondents

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

April 8, 1999


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley C. Rosen of counsel, Rochester (Scott A. Korenbaum on the brief; Culley, Marks, Tanenbaum, Capell & Pezzulo, and Kupfer Rosen & Herz, L. L. P., attorneys), for appellant.

Eve B. Burton of counsel, New York City (R. Bruce Rich and Christopher J. Morvillo on the brief; The Daily News, L. P., and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L. L. P., attorneys), for respondents.

NARDELLI, J. P., RUBIN and MAZZARELLI, JJ., concur.


TOM, J.

The present defamation action, one of several launched by acrimony arising from the divorce of singer Melba Moore and her husband, present plaintiff Charles Huggins, centers on three Daily News articles by gossip columnist Linda Stasi over the course of a month reporting Moore's views and statements on purported aspects of the divorce.

Melba Moore, a Tony Award winner and two-time Grammy Award...

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