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WHITE v. BERKSHIRE-HATHWAY

195 Misc.2d 605 (2003)

759 N.Y.S.2d 638

LAWRENCE E. WHITE, Plaintiff, v. BERKSHIRE-HATHWAY, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Erie County.

March 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stenger & Finnerty (Joseph M. Finnerty, Lynn M. Montante and Karim A. Abdulla of counsel), for defendant.

Sullivan, Oliverio & Gioia, LLP (Richard T. Sullivan of counsel), for plaintiff.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JOHN P. LANE, J.

Defendant moves this court for an order declaring plaintiff a public figure for the purposes of a defamation action. Defendant also seeks a moratorium on the extension of all discovery and other scheduling order deadlines pending determination of the motion, a request that is now moot.

Whether plaintiff is a public figure is, in the first instance, a question of law...

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