VERSACI v. RICHIE


30 A.D.3d 648 (2006)

815 N.Y.S.2d 350

ROMOLO VERSACI, Appellant, v. DIANE C. RICHIE, Respondent.

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

June 1, 2006.


Mercure, J.P.

Plaintiff is an attorney who represented another party in litigation that also involved defendant. Thereafter, defendant posted a message on www.SchenectadyNY.info, a public forum Web site, in which she referred to plaintiff as a "so called attorney." Citing that phrase, plaintiff commenced this action asserting a cause of action for defamation. Supreme Court ruled that the comment published by defendant was nonactionable "personal opinion and rhetorical...

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