NAPOLI v. NEW YORK POST

161367/15. 9408. 161423/15. 9407.

175 A.D.3d 433 (2019)

107 N.Y.S.3d 279

2019 NY Slip Op 06371

Marie Napoli, Appellant, v. New York Post et al., Respondents. Marie Kaiser Napoli, Respondent-Appellant, v. Marc Jay Bern et al., Appellants-Respondents.

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

Decided August 27, 2019.


The court properly dismissed plaintiff's claims against the New York Post defendants. The allegedly defamatory statements appearing in various news articles essentially summarize or restate the allegations in judicial filings in a case related to plaintiff, so they are protected by Civil Rights Law § 74 (see McRedmond v Sutton Place Rest. & Bar, Inc., 48 A.D.3d 258, 259 [1st Dept 2008]). The court correctly held that plaintiff...

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