The subject e-mail published by defendants to the shareholders of the cooperative is not defamatory. Although the e-mail asserts that a letter plaintiff claimed to have obtained from his plumber for use in a legal action against defendants for damages from a water leak was a "fake," it contained a recitation of the facts supporting that assertion. Accordingly, it is a nonactionable' opinion. As the Court of Appeals has explained, "[o]pinions, false or not, libelous or not...
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