CRUCEY v. JACKALL


275 A.D.2d 258 (2000)

713 N.Y.S.2d 20

ALTAGRACIA CRUCEY, Respondent, v. ROBERT JACKALL et al., Appellants.

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

Decided August 24, 2000.


In this action, plaintiff alleges that defendants defamed her in a nonfiction book about gang activity entitled the "Wild Cowboys: Urban Marauders & the Forces of Order." It is uncontroverted that the statements at issue had their genesis in an investigation conducted by various elected officials, the results of which were ultimately included in the Congressional Record. The investigation had been prompted by a desire to clear the name of a highly decorated Immigration...

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