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PEREZ v. VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM

113383/07, 12289

116 A.D.3d 601 (2014)

984 N.Y.S.2d 348

2014 NY Slip Op 2722

GRACE PEREZ, Respondent, v. VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM et al., Appellants.

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

Decided April 22, 2014.

Plaintiff was a limited purpose public figure, and therefore, to prevail on her claim of defamation, was required to show by clear and convincing evidence that defendants published the statements at issue with actual malice (see Huggins v Moore, 94 N.Y.2d 296, 301-302 [1999]; James v Gannett Co., 40 N.Y.2d 415, 421-422 [1976]). Plaintiff, by not only granting news interviews, but driving...

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