SEXTER v. MARGRABE


38 A.D.3d 163 (2007)

828 N.Y.S.2d 315

SEXTER & WARMFLASH, P.C., et al., Respondents, v. WILLIAM MARGRABE et al., Appellants.

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

January 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greenberg & Massarelli, LLP, Purchase (William Greenberg and Crystal Massarelli of counsel), for appellants.

Sexter & Warmflash, P.C., New York City (Edward R. Finkelstein of counsel), for respondents.

ANDRIAS, J.P., MARLOW, CATTERSON and MALONE, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FRIEDMAN, J.

In this defamation action, plaintiff attorneys are suing a former client and her husband based on statements they made in the letter discharging plaintiffs as the wife's attorneys. The letter's allegedly defamatory statements criticized the quality of plaintiffs' representation of the wife in a lawsuit concerning a family business dispute, and asserted that plaintiffs were charging usurious interest on their fees. The letter...

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