RIGGIO v. COUNTY OF NASSAU

2021-05127. Index No. 607753/20.

218 A.D.3d 502 (2023)

193 N.Y.S.3d 84

2023 NY Slip Op 03714

Faith Riggio, Appellant, v. County of Nassau et al., Respondents.

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

Decided July 5, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levine & Blit, PLLC, New York, NY ( Russell S. Moriarty of counsel), for appellant.

Thomas A. Adams , County Attorney, Mineola, NY ( Robert F. Vander Waag of counsel; Haejin Park on the brief), for respondents.

Dillon, J.P., Maltese, Genovesi and Taylor, JJ., concur.


In an action to recover damages for defamation, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan, J.), entered June 16, 2021. The order granted the defendants' motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a) to dismiss the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

In March 2019, the plaintiff was arrested at her home. In the days thereafter, the defendant Laura Curran, the then Nassau County Executive, made...

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