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MERCADO v. SHUSTEK

309 A.D.2d 646 (2003)

765 N.Y.S.2d 628

RALPH MERCADO, Appellant, v. JERRY SHUSTEK, Respondent.

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

Decided October 23, 2003.

Plaintiff is prominent in the field of Latin music, and defendant is a confidant of a popular Latin star who is a former client of plaintiff. The motion court correctly concluded that the complained-of remark by defendant, likening plaintiff to a figure in the entertainment business of dubious repute, did "not have a precise meaning," and could not "be objectively characterized as true or false," and therefore was "pure opinion...

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