MURPHY v. CITY OF NEW YORK


59 A.D.3d 301 (2009)

___ N.Y.S.2d ___

JOHN J. MURPHY, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 24, 2009.


The complaint failed to establish all the elements of defamation, inasmuch as plaintiff did not allege the time, the manner and the persons to whom the publication was made (Seltzer v Fields, 20 A.D.2d 60, 64 [1963], affd 14 N.Y.2d 624 [1964]), nor did he identify the person who made it. In any event, the statements allegedly issued by these defendants were contained in an investigative...

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