GOTBETTER v. DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC.


259 A.D.2d 335 (1999)

687 N.Y.S.2d 43

HOWARD GOTBETTER, Appellant, v. DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC., et al., Respondents.

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

Decided March 16, 1999.


Defendants wrote and published an article about a Federal lawsuit commenced by plaintiff against Victoria's Secret, detailing the circumstances of that action and several similar frivolous lawsuits commenced by plaintiff, who then commenced the instant action against these defendants alleging libel per se. The court correctly granted defendants' motions to dismiss the complaint on the ground that there is nothing in the complained of article that defames plaintiff in his...

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