GUICE-MILLS v. FORBES


12 Misc.3d 852 (2006)

819 N.Y.S.2d 432

CONSTANCE GUICE-MILLS, Plaintiff, v. JAMES A. FORBES, JR., et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

May 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Owen Zurhellen III, Putnam Valley, for plaintiff.

Steven K. Mantione, Malverne, for James A. Forbes, Jr., defendant.

Jonathan Irons, Bronx, for Frank Boone, defendant.

David McCraw for Daniel Wakin.


OPINION OF THE COURT

WALTER B. TOLUB, J.

By this motion, this court is presented with the unique issue of whether a professional journalist's disclosure of nonconfidential and subsequently unpublished information obtained during research of a news story constitutes a waiver of the protections afforded to journalists under Civil Rights Law § 79-h.

Background

This case arises out of the claim that defendants, Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes...

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