VERDI v. DINOWITZ

6411, 158747/16.

161 A.D.3d 413 (2018)

73 N.Y.S.3d 879

2018 NY Slip Op 03104

Manuele Verdi, Respondent, v. Jeffrey Dinowitz, Appellant.

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

Decided May 1, 2018.


The motion court correctly determined that some of the complained-of statements were susceptible of a defamatory meaning. Considering the context of the statements, the court properly determined that they signaled that defendant was asserting a fact rather than opinion (see Gross v New York Times Co., 82 N.Y.2d 146, 153 [1993]).

Although the court struck some of the complained-of statements as responsive to allegations made...

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