Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The plaintiff commenced this action alleging, inter alia, that the defendants had made certain slanderous statements. "Slander as a rule is not actionable unless the plaintiff suffers special damage. Special damages contemplate the loss of something having economic or pecuniary value" (Liberman v Gelstein,
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