MISTRETTA v. NEWSDAY MEDIA GROUP

2019-10990. Index No. 41/19.

200 A.D.3d 775 (2021)

160 N.Y.S.3d 271

2021 NY Slip Op 06844

Salvatore Mistretta, Appellant, v. Newsday Media Group, Respondent.

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

Decided December 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY ( Rachel Strom and Amanda Levine of counsel), for respondent.

Salvatore Mistretta, Seaford, NY, appellant pro se.

Austin, J.P., Hinds-Radix, Duffy and Connolly, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

In January 2019, the plaintiff, who was a sergeant with the Nassau County Police Department during the time period at issue, commenced this action against the defendant, a newspaper publisher, seeking to recover damages for a cause of action alleging negligent supervision but sounding in defamation. The plaintiff alleged that his character and standing in the community were injured as a result...

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