SBORGI v. GREEN


281 A.D.2d 230 (2001)

722 N.Y.S.2d 14

FRANCESCA R. SBORGI, Appellant, v. JAMES GREEN et al., Respondents.

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

Decided March 13, 2001.


Plaintiff alleges that she was defamed by defendant, a bishop of her Church and ecclesiastical leader of her congregation, when, in connection with her employment application with a university run by the Church, he told a university official whose duties included evaluations of job applicants that plaintiff is an "unstable person" and that "her children are disturbed." Such statements were protected by a qualified privilege, the issue being whether plaintiff's allegations...

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